Developing group-format reading span tests of English and Japanese for high-school students and investigating the relationship between working memory and English proficiency

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  • 高校生用集団式日英語リーディングスパンテストの開発および英語における習熟度と作動記憶の関係の検討
  • コウコウセイヨウ シュウダン シキジツ エイゴ リーディングスパンテスト ノ カイハツ オヨビ エイゴ ニ オケル シュウジュクド ト サドウ キオク ノ カンケイ ノ ケントウ

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The present study develops group-format reading span tests (RSTs) of Japanese and English for Japanese high-school students and investigates whether it is feasible to administer the tests to groups within reasonably short periods. Reliability coefficients for the newly-developed RSTs were high; for Japanese, α=.864 and for English, α=.875. Moreover, test scores were found to be normally distributed. These findings indicate that the RSTs are effective for group administration. Further analyses of correlation differences between Japanese-English RST scores found correlation coefficients of .677 and .531 for higher English-proficiency and lower English-proficiency students, respectively, while a prior study has reported a correlation coefficient of .84 for English-major students. These findings suggest that working memory in L2 reading functions more similarly to L1 reading when L2 proficiency is higher.

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