INTEGRATING APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE: A STUDY ON HUMAN MEMORY AND L2 ORAL FLUENCY

Authors

  • Mailce Borges Mota

Abstract

This study investigated whether working memory capacity could account for individual differences in oral fluency in English as a second language (ESL). Working memory was assessed by the Speaking Span Test (SST) which taxes the processing and storage functions of working memory during language production (Daneman and Green 1986; Daneman 1991). ESL fluency was assessed by means of a speech generation task in which subjects had to talk about a picture. Working memory capacity was significantly correlated to oral fluency in ESL, thus corroborating Daneman's (1991) finding of a significant correlation between individual's working memory capacity and fluency in first language (L1).

How to Cite

Mota, M. B. (2010). INTEGRATING APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE: A STUDY ON HUMAN MEMORY AND L2 ORAL FLUENCY. Intercâmbio, 6. Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/intercambio/article/view/4081

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Section

Seção IV - Interação em Sala de Aula e Outros Contextos