Echoic Memory Interference and Comprehension in a Foreign Language

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ID4502104
AuthorsSeth N Greenberg (0000-0001-7774-1710, Union College, corresponding author), Suzanne Roscoe (Union College)
Year1988
Volume38
Issue2
Pages209-219
Publication date1988-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-1770.1988.tb00409.x
OpenAlexW2131777538
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

Based on the hypothesis that students who are less able to comprehend speech in a foreign language suffer from greater echoic memory interference, faculty evaluated the listening comprehension of students in several introductory foreign language courses. The evaluations were used to assign students to weaker and stronger comprehension groups. Both groups were tested for echoic memory interference using the standard suffix procedure in which a list of digits is read with either a tone control, or a suffix recall, appended to the end of the list. Echoic interference is measured by comparing the recall performance in the suffix and nonsuffix (tone) conditions. Poorer recall of terminal digits in lists in the suffix condition, as compared to the nonsuffix condition, indicates echoic interference. The results were consistent with our hypothesis, suggesting that students with weaker listening comprehension depend more upon vulnerable sensory codes in echoic memory, while those with better comprehension rely on stable higher-order codes

Active listening · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Echoic memory · Linguistics · Listening comprehension · Recall · Suffix · Communication · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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