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ERIC Number: EJ1268627
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Sep
Pages: 13
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The Influence of Emotional and Foreign Language Context in Content Learning
Frances, Candice; De Bruin, Angela; Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v42 n4 p891-903 Sep 2020
Prior research has found reduced emotionality with foreign language use, especially with single words, but what happens if emotionality is conveyed throughout a longer text? Does emotionality affect how well we remember and associate information, that is, content learning? We played participants descriptions of two invented countries and tested how well they remembered facts about these countries. Each participant listened to one positive and one neutral description, which was read either in their native language (Spanish) or in their foreign language (English). Participants remembered facts they heard in positive semantic contexts better than those learned in neutral semantic contexts and did better in their native than their foreign language. Importantly, there was no interaction between language and emotionality, suggesting that the previously reported decrease in emotionality in a foreign language might not extend to all areas of foreign language use.
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Language: English
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