The role of prosodic sensitivity and executive functions in L2 reading: The moderated mediation effect

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Abstract

Prosody refers to stress and intonation patterns in a language. Previous studies have found that prosodic sensitivity (PS) and executive functions can affect reading comprehension in first (L1) and second languages (L2). The current study examined these factors among a group of L1 Mandarin speakers learning L2 English who participated in a series of tasks measuring phonological awareness, Mandarin tone sensitivity, English PS, along with three specific executive functions - namely, cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, and working memory. The results demonstrated that Mandarin tone sensitivity and cognitive flexibility mediated English PS and reading. A simple slope analysis showed that PS positively predicted word reading for readers with higher but not lower cognitive flexibility. These results imply that PS in L2 reading is affected by both prosodic transfer of L1 tone sensitivity and cognitive flexibility.

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Fang, L., Liu, W., Wu, R., Schwieter, J. W., & Wang, R. (2024). The role of prosodic sensitivity and executive functions in L2 reading: The moderated mediation effect. Bilingualism. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728924000129

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