Working memory capacity across L2 speech proficiency levels

Gicele Vergine Vieira Prebianca; Kyria Rebeca Finardi; Janaina  Weissheimer

Autores

Gicele Vergine Vieira Prebianca IFC Autor
Kyria Rebeca Finardi UFES
Janaina Weissheimer UFRN

Palavras-chave:

capacidade de memória de trabalho, nível de proficiência da fala em L2

Resumo

Este estudo investiga se a capacidade de memória de trabalho (CMT) varia entre idiomas e níveis de proficiência na fala em L2. Seguindo sugestões em Finardi e Weissheimer (2009) e Prebianca (2010) que demonstraram que a CMT varia em função do nível de proficiência da fala em L2, o presente trabalho analisou três níveis de proficiência (elementar, intermediário e avançado) e dois idiomas (L1-português e L2-inglês). Dois testes de MT foram usados, um em L1 e outro em L2, ambos na modalidade oral. Sessenta estudantes adultos de inglês como língua estrangeira participaram no estudo: 19 elementares, 19 intermediários e 22 avançados. Resultados dos testes Kruskal-Wallis e Mann-Whitney corroboraram Finardi e Weissheimer (2009) e Prebianca (2010) sugerindo que a CMT medida com um teste de amplitude da fala em L2 parece confundir a relação entre níveis de proficiência oral e CMT.

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Biografia do Autor

Gicele Vergine Vieira Prebianca, IFC
Professora Dra. em Letras Inglês pela Universidade Federal de SC. Área de interesse: Produção oral em L2, acesso lexical e memória de trabalho.
Coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa Linguagem, Cognição e Tecnologia, atuando nas seguintes linhas de pesquisa:
Linhas de Pesquisa:
- Ensino e aprendizagem de línguas mediado por Tecnologia
- Processamento cognitivo da linguagem
- Aquisição/aprendizagem de língua estrangeira
Atualmente é professora do IFC - campus Araquari.

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