Circadian Rhythms and Second Language Performance

Autor/inn/en	de Bot, Kees; Fang, Fang
Titel	Circadian Rhythms and Second Language Performance
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 7 (2017) 1, S.47-60 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2083-5205
Schlagwörter	Individual Differences; Sleep; Language Processing; Second Language Learning; Native Language; Language Aptitude; Color; Interference (Learning); Reaction Time; Visual Stimuli; Executive Function; Vocabulary Development; Task Analysis; Verbal Ability; Statistical Analysis; Inhibition; English (Second Language); Language Tests; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Hungary; Stroop Color Word Test; International English Language Testing System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individueller Unterschied; Schlaf; Sprachverarbeitung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Colour; Farbbezeichnung; Farbe; Reaktionsvermögen; Wortschatzarbeit; Aufgabenanalyse; Mündliche Leistung; Statistische Analyse; Hemmung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Fragebogen; Ausland; Ungarn; Language tests; Englisch
Abstract	Human behavior is not constant over the hours of the day, and there are considerable individual differences. Some people raise early and go to bed early and have their peek performance early in the day ("larks") while others tend to go to bed late and get up late and have their best performance later in the day ("owls"). In this contribution we report on three projects on the role of chronotype (CT) in language processing and learning. The first study (de Bot, 2013) reports on the impact of CT on language learning aptitude and word learning. The second project was reported in Fang (2015) and looks at CT and executive functions, in particular inhibition as measured by variants of the Stroop test. The third project aimed at assessing lexical access in L1 and L2 at preferred and non-preferred times of the day. The data suggest that there are effects of CT on language learning and processing. There is a small effect of CT on language aptitude and a stronger effect of CT on lexical access in the first and second language. The lack of significance for other tasks is mainly caused by the large interindividual and intraindividual variation. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Adam Mickiewicz University Department of English Studies. Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Ul. Nowy Swiat 28-30, 62-800 Kailsz, Poland. e-mail: ssllt@amu.edu.pll; Web site: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt
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Update	2020/1/01