Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This article reports the results of a preliminary study that aims at examining the unique contributions of working memory capacity and L2 linguistic knowledge to L2 listening comprehension. Japanese EFL learners completed TOEIC listening test, L2 proficiency tasks, and memory span tasks. The results of the multiple regression analysis confirmed that L2 phonological modification knowledge and L2 syntactic knowledge were the significant predictors of L2 listening comprehension. The two variables accounted for 65% of the variance in the model. In the case of lower-level group, L2 phonological modification knowledge and L1 working memory capacity emerged as the significant predictors of L2 listening comprehension. On the other hand, L2 vocabulary breadth and L2 syntactic knowledge were the significant predictors of L2 listening comprehension in the higher-level group. These findings suggest that listeners at different proficiency levels process the language differently.
Authors: 佐取, 美紀, Satori, Miki
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6997528897