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Aspects of Working Memory in L2 Learning
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Juffs, Alan; Harrington, Michael – Language Teaching, 2011
This article reviews research on working memory (WM) and its use in second language (L2) acquisition research. Recent developments in the model and issues surrounding the operationalization of the construct itself are presented, followed by a discussion of various methods of measuring WM. These methods include word and digit span tasks, reading,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Short Term Memory, Learning Processes