Phonological loop and second language acquisition
an overview
Keywords:
Short-term memory. Working memory. Phonological loop. Span tasks. Second language acquisition.Abstract
Working memory (WM) plays an important role in language learning processes. Several studies have focused on WM and, more specifically, in one of its subcomponents, the phonological loop, and its relationship with the second language (L2). Thus, the present study aims to review studies on phonological loop and second language acquisition, carrying out a survey on its data gathering instruments, as well as its results. Regarding language acquisition, the results of the reviewed studies indicated that WM correlates positively with L1 and L2, considering (a) vocabulary acquisition; (b) grammar acquisition; (c) language proficiency; (d) phonological processing; (e) storage capacity; and (f) attention.
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ALPTEKIN, C.; ERÇETIN, G. The role of L1 and L2 working memory in literal and inferential comprehension in l2 reading. Journal of Research in Reading, v. 33, n. 2, p. 206–219, 2010.
ALPTEKIN, C.; ERÇETIN, G.; ÖZEMIR, O. Effects of variations in reading span task design on the relationship between working memory capacity and second language reading. The Modern Language Journal, v. 98, n. 2, p. 536-552, 2014.
ATKINSON, R. C., SHIFFRIN, R. M. The control of short-term memory. Scientific American, v. 225, n. 2, p. 82–90, ago., 1971.
BADDELEY, A.; HITCH, G. Working memory. Psychology of Learning and Motivation, v. 8, p. 47-89, 1974.
BADDELEY; A.; THOMSON, N.; BUCHANAN, M. Word length and the structure of short-term memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, v. 14, p. 575-589, 1975.
BADDELEY, A. The concept of working memory: a view of its current state and probable future development. Cognition, v. 10, n. 1-3, p. 17–23, 1981.
BADDELEY, A.; PAPAGNO, C.; VALLAR, G. When long-term learning depends on short-term storage. Journal of Memory and Language, v. 27, p. 586-595, 1988.
BADDELEY, A.; GATHERCOLE, S. E.; PAPAGNO, C. The phonological loop as a
language learning device. Psychological Review, v. 105, n. 1, p. 158-173, 1998.
BADDELEY, A. The episodic buffer: a new component of working memory? Trends
in Cognitive Sciences, v. 4, n. 11, p. 417-423, nov., 2000.
BADDELEY, A. Working memory and language: an overview. Journal of Communication Disorders, v. 36, p. 189-208, 2003.
BADDELEY, A. Working memory, thought, and action. New York: Oxford University, 2007.
BADDELEY, A. Working memory in second language learning. In: WEN, Z.; MOTA, M. B.; MCNEIL, A. (eds.) Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2015a. p. 17-28.
BADDELEY, A. What is memory? IN: BADDELEY, A.; EYSENCK, M. W.; ANDERSON, M. C. Memory. 2ed. New York: Psychology Press, 2015b. p. 3-20.
BADDELEY, A. Short-term memory. IN: BADDELEY, A.; EYSENCK, M. W.; ANDERSON, M. C. Memory. 2ed. New York: Psychology Press, 2015c. p. 41-64.
BADDELEY, A. Working memory. IN: BADDELEY, A.; EYSENCK, M. W.; ANDERSON, M. C. Memory. (3ed.) New York: Psychology Press, 2020d. p. 71-110.
BADDELEY, A. What is memory? IN: BADDELEY, A.; EYSENCK, M. W.; ANDERSON, M. C. Memory. (3ed.) New York: Psychology Press, 2020. p. 3-21.
CHEMERISOVA, E. V.; MARTYNOVA, O. V. Effects of the phonological loop of working memory on the productivity of solving mathematical and verbal tasks in specialists in mathematics and the humanities. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology, v. 49, n. 7, sep., p. 857-862, 2019.
CONRAD, R.; HULL, A. J. Information, acoustic confusion and memory span. British Journal of Psychology, v. 55, p. 429–32, 1964.
COWAN, N. Second language use, theories of working memory and the vennian mind. In: WEN, Z.; MOTA, M. B.; MCNEIL, A. (eds.) Working memory in second language acquisition and processing. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2015. p. 29-39.
DONG, Y.; CAI, R. Working memory and interpreting: a commentary on theoretical models. In: WEN, Z.; MOTA, M. B.; MCNEIL, A. (eds.) Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2015. p. 63-81.
ENGEL DE ABREU, P. M. J.; GATHERCOLE, S. E.; MARTIN, R. Disentangling the relationship between working memory and language: the roles of short-term storage and cognitive control. Learning and Individual Differences, v. 21, p. 569–574, 2011.
ENGEL DE ABREU, P. M. J.; GATHERCOLE, S. E. Executive and phonological processes in second-language acquisition. Journal of Educational Psychology, v. 104, n. 4, 974–986, 2012.
EYSENCK, M. W.; BRYSBAERT, M. Fundamentals of cognition. (3ed.) New York: A Psychology Press Book, 2018.
EYSENCK, M; W.; KEANE, M. T. Manual de psicologia cognitiva. (7ed.) Porto Alegre: Artmed: 2017.
GAZZANIGA, M. S.; IVRY, R. B.; MAGNUN, G. R. Cognitive neuroscience: the biology of the mind (5ed.). W. W. Norton & Company: New York, 2019.
HITCH, G.; ALLEN, R.; BADDELEY, A. Attention and binding in visual working memory: two forms of attention and two kinds of buffer storage. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. Special Issue, p. 1-14, aug., 2019.
HUMMEL, K. M.; FRENCH, L. M. Phonological memory and aptitude components: contributions to second language proficiency. Elsevier, p. 1-7, 2016.
IZQUIERDO, I. Memória. (3ed.) Porto Alegre: Artmed, 2018.
KARIMI, M. N.; NAGHDIVAND, R. Literal and inferential listening comprehension: the role of L1 vs. L2 auditory working memory capacity. Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies, v. 4, n. 4, p. 67-84, 2017.
MARTIN, K. I.; ELLIS, N. C. The role of phonological short-term memory and working memory in L2 grammar and vocabulary learning. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v. 34, n. 3, p. 379-413, 2012.
MATTYS, S. L.; BADDELEY, A. D. Working memory and second language accent acquisition. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019. doi.org/10.1002/acp.3554.
MITCHELL, A. E.; JARVIS, S.; O’MALLEY, M.; KONSTANTINOVA, I. Working memory measures and L2 proficiency. In: WEN, Z.; MOTA, M. B.; MCNEIL, A. (eds.) Working memory in second language acquisition and processing. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2015. p. 270-283.
MONTGOMERY, J. W.; EVANS, J. L.; GILLAN, R. B. Memory and language in children with SLI. IN: ALLOWAY, T. P. Working Memory and Clinical Developmental Disorders: theories, debates and interventions. New York: Routledge, 2018. p. 22-37.
MOTA, M. B. Sistemas de memória e processamento da linguagem: um breve panorama. Revista Linguística, v. 11, n. 1, p. 205-215, jun., 2015.
NETTO, T. M.; PRANDO, M. L.; WONG, C. E. I.; PUREZA, J. R.; SCHERER, L. C.; FONSECA, R. P.; LANDEIRA-FERNANDEZ J. Sistemas de memória: relação entre a memória de trabalho e linguagem sob uma abordagem neuropsicolinguística. Revista Neuropsicologia Latinoamericana, v. 3, n. 3, p. 34-39, 2011.
NICOLAY, A. C.; PONCELET, M. Cognitive abilities underlying second-language vocabulary acquisition in an early second-language immersion education context: a longitudinal study. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v. 115, n. 4, p. 655-671, 2013.
PALLADINO, P.; CORNOLDI, C. Working memory performance of italian students with foreign language learning difficulties. Learning and Individual Differences, v. 14, p. 137-151, 2004.
SATO, Y. The Relationships between phonological working memory, executive working memory, and second language proficiency. KATE Journal, v. 33, p. 69-83, 2019.
STERNBERG, R. Psicologia cognitiva. São Paulo: Cengage Learning, 2010.
SWANSON, H. L., KONG, J. E. Working memory and specific learning disorders. IN: ALLOWAY, T. P. Working Memory and Clinical Developmental Disorders: theories, debates and interventions. New York: Routledge, 2018. p. 74-88.
VALLAR, G.; PAPAGNO, C. Neuropsychological impairments of verbal short-term memory. IN: BADDELEY, A.; KOPELMAN, M. D.; WILSON, B. A. (eds.) Handbook of Memory Disorders. 2ed. Chichester: Wiley, 2002, p. 249-270.
VAN DEN NOORT, M. W. M. L.; BOSCH, P.; HUGDAHL, K. Foreign language proficiency and working memory capacity. European Psychologist, v. 11, n. 4, p. 289-296, 2006.
VULCHANOVA, M.; FOYN, C.; NILSEN, R.; SIGMUNDSSON, H. Links between phonological memory, first language competence and second language competence in 10-year‐old children. Learning and Individual Differences, v. 35, p. 87–95, 2014.
WEN, Z. Working memory in second language acquisition and processing: the phonological/ executive model. In: WEN, Z.; MOTA, M. B.; MCNEIL, A. (eds.) Working memory in second language acquisition and processing. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2015. p. 41-62.
WRIGHT, C. Working memory and L2 development across the lifespan: a commentary. In: WEN, Z.; MOTA, M. B.; MCNEIL, A. (eds.) Working memory in second language acquisition and processing. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2015. p. 285-298.
ZYCHOWICZ, K.; BIEDROŃ, A.; PAWLAK, M. Polish nonword span (PNWSPAN): a new tool for measuring phonological loop capacity. Glottodidactica, XLV/2, p. 309-327, 2018.
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