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2012-12-08 17:25
The Effects of Focusing, Proficiency, and Working Memory Capacity on Text Comprehension of Japanese EFL Learners
-- A Psycholinguistic Study Based on Eye Movement Data -- Keiko Sakakibara, Hirokazu Yokokawa (Kobe Univ.) TL2012-48 |
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There is a wide range of individual differences in reading ability in English among Japanese EFL learners. The present study was conducted to examine the effects of proficiency, working memory capacity, and focusing task on text comprehension and reading behavior of Japanese graduate and undergraduate students. The results of this experiment indicate that proficiency is the major determinant of the individual differences in text comprehension in English. However, there was no correlation between reading comprehension scores and reading span test scores, which means that working memory capacity alone can’t explain the differences of reading comprehension ability. As keyword detection task improved the reading comprehension and reading behavior, appropriate tasks are likely to facilitate text comprehension. |
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text comprehension / Japanese EFL learners / individual differences / eye movement / / / / |
Reference Info. |
IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 112, no. 339, TL2012-48, pp. 83-88, Dec. 2012. |
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TL2012-48 |
Date of Issue |
2012-12-01 (TL) |
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Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 |
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Conference Information |
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2012-12-08 - 2012-12-08 |
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WASEDA University |
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language and learning, co-creation in a a place |
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The Effects of Focusing, Proficiency, and Working Memory Capacity on Text Comprehension of Japanese EFL Learners |
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A Psycholinguistic Study Based on Eye Movement Data |
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text comprehension |
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Japanese EFL learners |
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individual differences |
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eye movement |
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Keiko Sakakibara |
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Kobe University (Kobe Univ.) |
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Hirokazu Yokokawa |
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Kobe University (Kobe Univ.) |
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Date Time |
2012-12-08 17:25:00 |
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30 minutes |
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Paper # |
TL2012-48 |
Volume (vol) |
vol.112 |
Number (no) |
no.339 |
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pp.83-88 |
#Pages |
6 |
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2012-12-01 (TL) |
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