This book focuses on problems many language students face in developing advanced proficiency in an L2. It adds to the growing body of research into the connection between greater working memory (WM) capacity and L2 development, by investigating correlations between WM and development of L2 English questions in an immersion setting. The book details two longitudinal studies tracking 43 instructed Chinese speakers of English during a years postgraduate study at universities in the UK. Improvements in oral and written data showed evidence of correlations between WM and L2 ...
This book focuses on problems many language students face in developing advanced proficiency in an L2. It adds to the growing body of research into ...