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Cross-Linguistic Differences in the Immediate Serial Recall of Consonants versus Vowels
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Kissling, Elizabeth M. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
The current study investigated native English and native Arabic speakers' phonological short-term memory for sequences of consonants and vowels. Phonological short-term memory was assessed in immediate serial recall tasks conducted in Arabic and English for both groups. Participants (n = 39) heard series of six consonant-vowel syllables and wrote…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Vowels, Short Term Memory, Statistical Analysis
The Effects of Training on Automatization of Word Recognition in English as a Foreign Language
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Akamatsu, Nobuhiko – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2008
The present study investigated the effects of word-recognition training on the word-recognition processing of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). Providing 7-week word-recognition training, the study examined whether such training improves EFL learners' word-recognition performance. The main aspects of this study concerned word…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Word Recognition, Statistical Analysis, Word Frequency