Effects of Variations in Reading Span Task Design on the Relationship Between Working Memory Capacity and Second Language Reading

摘要: Relationships between working memory (WM)-measured by reading span tasks (RSTs)-and second language (L2) are explored probing the effects of differences in secondary task design (semantic vs. morphosyntactic) and (first or second). Participants were 98 Turkish late adult learners English as an L2 with moderate proficiency language. They completed a comprehension test four RSTs (two Turkish, two English) whose processing required judging whether there was anomaly, morphosyntactic semantic, depending on RST. Exploratory factor analysis indicated that storage component loaded same factor, suggesting is task- language-independent. By contrast, learners' affected linguistic nature which it presented. Additionally, findings point to significant relationship capacity. As for processing, resources underlying L1 semantic processes contribute reading, unlike those processes. These attenuate notion construct equivalency WM measurement through RSTs, dependent type used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]