Aptitude-Treatment Interaction Effects on EFL Learners’ Gains in Implicit Grammar Knowledge
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction Effects on EFL Learners’ Gains in Implicit Grammar Knowledge

Nahid Zarrinjooei; Gholam Reza Kiany; Mohammad Nabi Karimi; Hamid Allami

Volume 42, Issue 4 , December 2023, , Pages 71-98

https://doi.org/10.22099/tesl.2023.47031.3182

Abstract
  The area of Individual Differences (IDs) and their interactions with instructional conditions have recently been a point of interest in second language acquisition. However, the effect ...  Read More
The Contribution of Working Memory and Language Proficiency to Lexical Gain: Insights from the Involvement Load Hypothesis
The Contribution of Working Memory and Language Proficiency to Lexical Gain: Insights from the Involvement Load Hypothesis

Hossein Kargar Behbahani; Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo

Volume 42, Issue 3 , September 2023, , Pages 117-146

https://doi.org/10.22099/tesl.2023.48255.3220

Abstract
  This study investigated the interplay of working memory capacity and language proficiency in the context of vocabulary acquisition through word-focused tasks. The involvement load hypothesis ...  Read More
The Development of Reading and Operation Span Tasks in Persian as Measures of Working Memory Capacity for Iranian EFL Learners
The Development of Reading and Operation Span Tasks in Persian as Measures of Working Memory Capacity for Iranian EFL Learners

Rahim Najjari; Mohammad Mohammadi

Volume 36, Issue 2 , July 2017, , Pages 129-162

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.24688.2215

Abstract
  This paper presented two complex span tasks in Persian as measures of working memory capacity (WMC). Firstly, the construct of working memory (WM) and possible WM measures that could ...  Read More