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Publication details [#58641]

Yamasaki, Brianna L. and Chantel S. Prat. 2014. The Importance of Managing Interference for Second Language Reading Ability: An Individual Differences Investigation. Discourse Processes 51 (5,6) : 445–467.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

crosslinguistic perspective | language proficiency | language transfer | reading, L2-acquisition of | working memory

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This study unveils that the sum of encountered linguistic interference significantly forecasted second (but not first or monolinual) language reading capacity. The relation was not moderated by individual dissimilarities in working memory skills. These findings elucidate the want for contemplation of cross-linguistic factors for models of L2 reading capacity in particular.