Frequency and Predictability Effects in First and Second Language of Different Script Bilinguals

Autor/inn/en	Mor, Billy; Prior, Anat
Titel	Frequency and Predictability Effects in First and Second Language of Different Script Bilinguals
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48 (2022) 9, S.1363-1383 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mor, Billy) ORCID (Prior, Anat)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000927
Schlagwörter	Prediction; Native Language; Second Language Learning; Reading Comprehension; Reading Skills; Language Skills; Eye Movements; Undergraduate Students; Bilingualism; Hebrew; English (Second Language); Language Processing; Reading Processes; Written Language; Contrastive Linguistics; Language Proficiency; Word Frequency; Language Aptitude; Reading Tests; Task Analysis; Sentence Structure; Phonemes; Alphabets; Age Differences; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Israel; Test of Word Reading Efficiency + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorhersage; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Leseverstehen; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Augenbewegung; Bilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachverarbeitung; Leseprozess; Geschriebene Sprache; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Language skills; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Lesetest; Aufgabenanalyse; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Fonem; Buchstabenschrift; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland
Abstract	Reading efficiently in a second language (L2) is a crucial skill, but it is not universally achieved. Here we ask whether L2 reading efficiency is better captured as a language specific skill or whether it is mostly shared across L1 and L2, relying on general language abilities. To this end, we examined word frequency and predictability effects in sentence reading, and tested the same readers in L1 and L2, recording participants' eye-movements. Participants were 57 undergraduate bilingual speakers of Hebrew and English, languages that use different scripts, allowing for a clearer distinction between L1 and L2 processing. Both word frequency and word predictability effects were more pronounced in participants' L2 than in the L1, suggesting that both lower level and higher-order processes in reading are sensitive to language proficiency. Further, frequency effects in the L2 were linked with L2 proficiency but not general language abilities, and L2 predictability effects were not associated with either variable. Finally, readers' frequency and predictability effects in L1 and L2 were not associated with each other. Taken together, these results suggest that for different-script bilinguals, efficient reading in the L2 is a highly specific skill, dependent upon proficiency in that language, and drawing less on L1 and general language ability. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01