작업기억과 제2언어 문장처리 간의 관계에 있어서 문장처리 과제 유형과 작업기억 측정 방식이 미치는 영향

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This study explored the influence of processing task type and workingmemory measures on the relation between working memory and L2sentence processing. A total of 48 Korean college EFL learners performedtwo English wh-question processing tasks (i.e., a grammaticalityjudgment task and a listening comprehension task) and two workingmemory tasks (i.e., a conceptual span task and a reading span task). Asignificant correlation was observed only between a processing componentof a reading span task and a listening comprehension task, indicatingthat the influence of working memory is task-specific andmeasure-dependent. These results suggest that working memory affectsL2 sentence processing only when it matches the cognitive demands ofa task.

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