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Comparing Elicited Imitation and Word Monitoring as Measures of Implicit Knowledge

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ID4501634
AuthorsYuichi Suzuki (0000-0002-1197-0315, Kanagawa University, corresponding author), Robert Dekeyser (University of Maryland)
Year2015
Volume65
Issue4
Pages860-895
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lang.12138
OpenAlexW1844067986
LanguageEN
Citations received59
References cited36

The present study challenges the validity of elicited imitation (EI) as a measure for implicit knowledge, investigating to what extent online error detection and subsequent sentence repetition draw on implicit knowledge. To assess online detection during listening, a word monitoring component was built into an EI task. Advanced-level Japanese L2 speakers with Chinese as their native language performed the EI task with the built-in word monitoring component, a metalinguistic knowledge test, and a probabilistic serial reaction time (SRT) task, which served as a measure of aptitude for implicit learning. Results showed that EI scores were correlated positively with metalinguistic knowledge, but they were not related to the SRT scores. Word monitoring performance, in contrast, was not related to metalinguistic knowledge but correlated positively with SRT scores only among L2 speakers with longer lengths of residence. These results suggest that online error detection can index implicit knowledge, whereas EI may measure automatized explicit knowledge.Open PracticesThis article has been awarded an Open Materials badge. All original materials are publicly accessible in the IRIS digital repository athttp://www.iris-database.org. Learn more about the Open Practices badges from the Center for Open Science:https://osf.io/tvyxz/wiki

Active listening · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Contrast (vision) · Explicit knowledge · Implicit knowledge · Implicit Learning · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Sentence · Sequence learning · Serial reaction time · Task (project management) · Test (biology) · Word (group theory) · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning

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