Working memory capacity and the retention of L2 vocabulary

Autores

  • Mailce Borges Mota Fortkamp Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • Daniela Malheiros Verçosa Universidade de Passo Fundo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28998/2317-9945.200739.55-74

Resumo

This sfudy examines the relationship
between working memory capacity and vocabulary
retention in English as a L2. The study was
conducted with seventeen advanced speakers of
English. Statistical analyses revealed that working
memory capacity correlates significantiy with L2
vocabulary retention, This correlation was
interpreted as an indication that higher spans are
better able to comprehend and produce new
vocabulary items in a L2 than lower spans.

 

DOI: 10.28998/0103-6858.2007v1n39p55-74

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Publicado

2019-03-08

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FORTKAMP, Mailce Borges Mota; VERÇOSA, Daniela Malheiros. Working memory capacity and the retention of L2 vocabulary. Revista Leitura, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 39, p. 55–74, 2019. DOI: 10.28998/2317-9945.200739.55-74. Disponível em: https://seer.ufal.br/index.php/revistaleitura/article/view/7257. Acesso em: 14 ago. 2024.