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English language teaching, learning and assessment in Sri Lanka: Policies and practices in the school education system
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The effects of read-aloud assistance, vocabulary and background knowledge on comprehension of health-related texts of Sri-Lankan English as second language speakers
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In: Journal of the European Second Language Association; Vol 5, No 1 (2021); 133–147 ; 2399-9101 (2021)
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Investigating English for Academic Purposes provision in South Asian higher education: current trends and future needs
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Accommodating Learners With Dyslexia in English Language Teaching in Sri Lanka : teachers' knowledge, attitudes and challenges
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The role of working memory in processing L2 input:insights from eye-tracking
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Relationship between attentional processing and working memory:an eye-tracking study
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Cognitive processes such as attention and awareness associated with language learning are also closely related to working memory (WM) functions and thus WM is said to be influential in language learning. The aims of the study reported in this presentation were to investigate how attention paid to target items (causative ‘had’) in written L2 input is related to the functioning of WM including both phonological loop and central executive and how WM is related to the change of knowledge of the target grammatical construction. These questions have been investigated in a study with the participation of 100 undergraduate L2 learners of English at a Sri Lankan university. The capacity of phonological loop was measured through a forward digit-span test and three functions of the central executive were measured through a keep-track (updating), a plus-minus (switching) and a stroop (inhibition) task. A comparison of post-test and pre-test scores on a sentence reconstruction (SR) and a grammaticality judgment (GJ) tasks was performed to measure the improvement of knowledge of the target construction. Data on the amount of attention paid were collected through eye-tracking and total fixation duration (TFD) and the difference between observed and expected total fixation duration (DOE) were considered as measures of the attention paid to target items. Medium significant correlations were observed between digit span, keep-track and stroop tasks and TFD and DOE values. Large significant correlations were observed between digit-span and keep-track tasks and both SR and GJ gain scores. A medium significant correlation between SR and GJ gain scores and stroop task was also observed. The findings indicate that the attention paid to L2 input by learners depends on their WM capacity and consequently their language development is influenced by the functions of phonological loop and updating and inhibition functions of the central executive.
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URL: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/88124/
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Attentional processing of input in explicit and implicit learning conditions:an eye-tracking study
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Inclusion of learners with specific learning differences in teaching English as a foreign language:A teacher training project for Sri Lanka
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Working Memory Capacity, Language Learning and Dyslexia:Inclusion of Dyslexic Learners in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
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How much exposure is needed for learners to pay attention?:Lessons from an eye-tracking study
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Relationship between attentional processing of input and working memory: an eye-tracking study
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Relationship between attentional processing of input and working memory: an eye-tracking study
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Attentional processing of different types of written L2 input and its relationship with learners' working memory capacity
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Attentional processing of input in different input conditions:an eye-tracking study
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Can IELTS and the CEFR do what our can dos can do?:assessing student writing practices on Lancaster University’s EAP (Study Skills) Programme
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