Effects of Visual Input Enhancement and Working Memory on Grammar Learning by Korean EFL Learners

Q4 Social Sciences English Teaching(South Korea) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI:10.15858/engtea.78.2.202206.29
Juhyung Cho, Mi Jeong Song
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This study aimed to investigate the effect of visual input enhancement (VIE) on the comprehension of reading texts and the learning of two grammatical forms: English relative clauses and articles. Individual learners’ working memory (WM) capacity was also tested to explore its impact on the effectiveness of VIE. A total of 48 Korean college learners of English were assigned into three groups: (a) relative group receiving VIE on relative clauses (b) article group receiving VIE on articles, and (c) a control group receiving no VIE. Results showed that VIE did not have any negative effect on the learners’ reading comprehension. Rather, it had positive effects on the learning of the two grammatical forms. According to the findings, VIE on relative clauses enhanced the learners’ receptive knowledge of the grammatical form, whereas VIE on articles enhanced the learners’ productive knowledge of the form. There was a potential link between the effectiveness of VIE and the learners’ working memory processing ability. Pedagogical implications are also discussed based on these findings.
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视觉输入增强和工作记忆对韩国英语学习者语法学习的影响
本研究旨在探讨视觉输入增强(VIE)对阅读文本理解和英语关系从句和冠词两种语法形式学习的影响。本研究还测试了个体学习者的工作记忆(WM)容量,以探讨其对VIE有效性的影响。48名韩国大学英语学习者被分为三组:(A)相对组接受关系从句的VIE; (b)文章组接受文章的VIE; (c)对照组不接受VIE。结果表明,VIE对学习者的阅读理解没有任何负面影响。相反,它对两种语法形式的学习有积极的影响。研究发现,关系分句的VIE增强了学习者对语法形式的接受性知识,冠词的VIE增强了学习者对语法形式的生产性知识。VIE的有效性与学习者的工作记忆加工能力之间存在潜在的联系。基于这些发现,本文还讨论了教学意义。
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English Teaching(South Korea)
English Teaching(South Korea) Social Sciences-Education
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