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标题：Listening comprehension and individual differences in working memory capacity in beginning L2 learners
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作者：Aline Fay ; Augusto Buchweitz
期刊名称：Letrônica
印刷版ISSN：1984-4301
出版年度：2014
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：113-129
DOI：10.15448/1984-4301.2014.1.16839
出版社：EDIPUCRS - Editora Universitária da PUCRS
摘要：The objective of present study was to investigate whether individual differences in working memory capacity of L2 learners predict listening comprehension performance in a proficiency exam. Participants included two groups of adult students (24 students in total) of English as an L2. In the first part of the experiment, the 24 adult students performed a Listening Mock test. In the second part of the experiment the 24 adult students performed a working memory span test. The hypothesis of the study was that individual differences in working memory capacity of L2 learners would predict listening comprehension performance in a proficiency test. The hypothesis was confirmed. Individual differences in working memory capacity predicted listening comprehension performance, showing that the larger the working memory storage capacity is, the higher the scores in listening comprehension tasks will be.
关键词：Individual differences; Listening comprehension; Working memory capacity; L2 low-proficiency learners.