Working memory capacity and speech production in L2: evidences from a picture description task

  • Finardi K
  • Prebianca G
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This is an experimental study which aimed at investigating the ralationsship between working memory capacity and measures of L2 speech performance in a picture description task. The main assumption underlying the present study was that L2 speaking is a complex cognitive task which is carried out within the constraints of a limited-capacity system, namely, working memory. In this system, there are trade-off effects between the storage and processing functions of working memory just as in L2 speaking there are trade-off effects among fluency, accuracy and complexity when L2 learners perform under processing pressure.

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Finardi, K., & Prebianca, G. V. V. (2006). Working memory capacity and speech production in L2: evidences from a picture description task. Revista de Estudos Da Linguagem, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.17851/2237-2083.14.1.231-260

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