The role of verbal working memory in L2 sentence comprehension
Evidence from advanced German learners of English
Considerable variability has been observed in sentence comprehension abilities in both native speakers and second
language (L2) learner populations. While it has long been established that, in native speakers, this variability is closely linked
to individual differences (IDs) in verbal working memory (vWM), previous research on the role of vWM in L2 sentence comprehension
has produced mixed results. Moreover, there is an accumulating body of evidence demonstrating that the relationship between vWM
and native language comprehension abilities is mediated by language experience. However, to our knowledge, until now, no attempt
has been made to integrate language experience measures into the vWM-L2 sentence comprehension relationship. The goal of the
present study is twofold: (1) to determine whether and to what extent vWM – as gauged by a reading span (RSPAN) task – correlates
with IDs in two proxy estimates of L2 experience and (2) to investigate the effects of vWM on L2 comprehension of three different
types of complex sentences. Thirty-four German advanced learners of English participated in this study. Significant positive
correlations were found between the RSPAN scores and both proxy estimates of L2 experience. Mixed-effects modeling revealed that
vWM exerted a significant effect on L2 sentence comprehension that was not modulated by sentence type. Taken together, these
results provide additional evidence in support of the involvement of vWM in L2 sentence comprehension and, to our knowledge, first
evidence for the contribution of L2 experience to RSPAN task performance.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 1.1Working memory capacity and native language (L1) sentence comprehension
- 1.2Working memory in second language (L2) sentence comprehension
- 1.3The present study
- 2.Method
- 2.1Participants
- 2.2Materials and procedure
- 2.2.1L2 sentence comprehension
- 2.2.2L2 vocabulary task
- 2.2.3Verbal working memory capacity
- 3.Results
- 3.1Goal 1: Correlational evidence for the contribution of L2 experience to working memory
- 3.2Goal 2: Effects of verbal working memory (vWM) on L2 sentence processing ability
- 4.Discussion
- 5.Conclusion
- Notes
-
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