Phonological and executive working memory in L2 task-based speech planning and performance.

Autor/in	Wen, Zhisheng
Titel	Phonological and executive working memory in L2 task-based speech planning and performance.
Quelle	In: Language learning journal, 44 (2016) 4, S. 418-435Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben; Tabellen 3
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-1736; 1753-2167
DOI	10.1080/09571736.2016.1227220
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Gedächtnis; China; Englischunterricht; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Gedächtnis; Lernen; Sprechen; Empirische Forschung; Lernen; Aufgabenorientierung; Sprechen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht; China
Abstract	The present study sets out to explore the distinctive roles played by two working memory (WM) components in various aspects of L2 task-based speech planning and performance. A group of 40 post-intermediate proficiency level Chinese EFL learners took part in the empirical study. Following the tenets and basic principles of the Phonological/Executive (P/E) Hypothesis, WM was conceptualised as consisting of phonological working memory (PWM) and executive working memory (EWM), measured respectively by a non-word repetition span task and speaking span tasks in participants' L1 Chinese and L2 English. Their L2 speech performance on video-clip narrative tasks was analysed and coded in terms of a series of fluency, accuracy, complexity and formality measures. Statistical analyses indicate that although participants' PWM was not related to any of the speech performance measures, their EWM was significantly correlated with some lexical, syntactic and stylistic features of L2 speech performance. These results and findings are discussed in relation to the hypotheses laid out in the P/E model as well as their implications for future L2 task planning research. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2