Effects of Task Instructions on Predictive Eye Movements and Word Recognition during Second Language Sentence Comprehension
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| Title: | Effects of Task Instructions on Predictive Eye Movements and Word Recognition during Second Language Sentence Comprehension |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Aine Ito (ORCID |
| Source: | Language Learning. 2025 75(3):801-831. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 31 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Eye Movements, Word Recognition, Second Language Learning, Sentences, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Prediction, Reading Processes, Verbs, Interference (Learning), Accuracy |
| DOI: | 10.1111/lang.12684 |
| ISSN: | 0023-8333 1467-9922 |
| Abstract: | This study tested whether encouraging prediction enhances prediction in second language (L2) speakers. L2 English speakers listened to English sentences like "The woman … will read/buy one of the newspapers" while viewing the target (a newspaper) and distractor objects (a rose, a bowl, and a mango) on a screen and clicked on the target as quickly as possible. The target was predictable ("read") or unpredictable ("buy") from the verb meaning. Participants looked at the target longer and were quicker to move the mouse to it when instructed to predict sentence continuation than when they were merely instructed to comprehend sentences. This result held true both when the target was predictable and unpredictable. Furthermore, only when instructed to predict did the participants make more clicking errors when the target was unpredictable than predictable, which suggested that encouraging prediction can interfere with word recognition accuracy in unpredictable contexts due to reduced cognitive resources or failed predictions. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Notes: | https://osf.io/rwjds |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1484378 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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