Learner-Based Factors in L2 Reading Comprehension and Processing Grammatical Form
Topic Familiarity and Working Memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4501772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael J Leeser (0000-0001-6119-7618, Florida State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-270 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00408.x |
| OpenAlex | W1703747526 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 70 |
This study examines how topic familiarity and working memory capacity affect beginning Spanish learners' reading comprehension and their processing of future tense morphology. Participants included 94 adult learners from an accelerated, beginning Spanish course. In addition to completing a computerized version of a reading span test as a measure of working memory capacity, all learners read texts about familiar or unfamiliar topics and completed recall protocols to measure passage comprehension. They also completed form recognition and tense identification tests to determine processing of future tense morphology. The results revealed consistent effects for topic familiarity on all tasks. Although differences in working memory capacity played some role in learners' comprehension and processing grammatical form, significant findings for working memory emerged depending on participants' previous knowledge about text topics
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Linguistics · Reading (process) · Reading comprehension · Recall · Short-term memory · Working memory · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
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| Unique citing works | 46 |
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| Citations per year | 2,71 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 44 |