WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEECH PRODUCTION:

WORKING MEMORY CAPACITY AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEECH PRODUCTION:

A look at lexical access processes and level of proficiency

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This book reports on a study which investigated (i) whether bilingual lexical access (BLA) is predicted by working memory capacity (WMC) and proficiency level in L2; (ii) whether WMC and L2 proficiency interact in predicting BLA, and (iii) the extent to which within-language competition affects BLA. 100 learners of English as a foreign language (L2) performed three WMC tests, two proficiency tests and one BLA test. Data analysis revealed that WMC and L2 proficiency both significantly predicted BLA. Higher spans retrieved lexical items faster than lower spans. Moreover, the facilitation effects...