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The Effects of Chunk Reading Training on the Syntactic Processing Skills and Reading Spans of Japanese Learners of English

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dc.contributor.authorKosaka, Takumi
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-12T19:05:04Z
dc.date.available2023-10-12T19:05:04Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-16
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigated the impact of chunk reading training (CRT) on the online syntactic processing and verbal working memory (WM) of Japanese EFL (English as a foreign language) learners in secondary school. For four weeks, the treatment group (N = 31) underwent CRT, while the control group (N = 25) participated in reading training in block format. A reading span test (RST) was administered as the pretest, posttest, and delayed posttest in this study to assess learners’ online syntactic processing and verbal WM. The results showed that syntactic processing and verbal WM increased only in the treatment group after training, but the differences between the two groups were not statistically significant. Nevertheless, these results suggest that CRT has the potential to positively affect the development of learners’ online syntactic processing skills and verbal WM.
dc.identifier.citationKosaka, T. (2023). The effects of chunk reading training on the syntactic processing skills and reading spans of Japanese learners of English. Reading in a Foreign Language, 35(2), 270-292. https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/67450
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.64152/10125/67450
dc.identifier.issn1539-0578
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/67450
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.subjectChunk-and-Pass Model
dc.subjectusage-based approaches
dc.subjectconstruction grammar
dc.subjectchunk reading training
dc.subjectreading span test
dc.subjectverbal working memory
dc.subjectonline syntactic processing
dc.subjectJapanese EFL learners
dc.subjectsecondary school EFL learners
dc.titleThe Effects of Chunk Reading Training on the Syntactic Processing Skills and Reading Spans of Japanese Learners of English
dc.typeArticle
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prism.endingpage292
prism.number2
prism.publicationnameReading in a Foreign Language
prism.startingpage270
prism.volume35

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