ERIC Number: EJ1368153
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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The Influence of Emotions and Word Frequency in First and Second Language Processing: Evidence from the Emotional Stroop Task
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v25 n1 p161-175 Jan-Jun 2023
First (L1) and second (L2) language speakers process information differently. The current study explores whether L1 and L2 English language speakers process the emotional connotations of high and low-frequency words using the emotional Stroop task. With this task, we measure the reaction time required to name the color of words with positive, neutral, and negative valence. The sample was 100 participants, 50 L1 English speakers and 50 L2 English speakers. Our results show that L2 English speakers process words slower than L1 English speakers do. L1 English speakers processed positive words faster than negative words, but L2 English speakers displayed a reversed pattern, which indicates L2 emotional attenuation for negative words.
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Word Frequency, Language Processing, English (Second Language), Native Language, College Students, Second Language Learning
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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