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"Prior L2 studies on reading present evidence of a relationship between working memory and reading comprehension (Alptekin & Erçetin, 2009; Chun & Payne, 2004; Harrington & Sawyer, 1992; Lesser, 2007; Walter, 2004).
Walter (2004) examined the question of whether the transfer of reading comprehension skill from L1 to L2 is linked to the development of verbal working memory in L2, which turned out to take place at a much lower level of L2 proficiency than that found by Harrington and Sawyer (1992).
In their study, 30 L1 Turkish undergraduate students with advanced L2 English proficiency (enrolled in English language teaching courses) were required to complete two working memory measures and a reading comprehension test.
For example, Chun & Payne (2004) examined the role of individual differences in the L2 German reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition of 13 L1 English students in a second year German language course.
However, they did not report any significant findings for working memory on any of the comprehension or vocabulary acquisition measures Role of phonological short-term memory in L2 reading comprehension A considerable body of evidence suggests that PSTM, as a component of WM, may be an essential cognitive mechanism underlying successful L2 reading (e.
These research questions were developed based on the hypothesis that working memory capacity and L2 proficiency play important roles in different stages of second language reading development.
Prior L2 studies suggest that individual differences in working memory capacity predict reading ability at lower proficiency levels (e.
These results suggest that working memory capacity, as measured by RST, is a potential source of individual differences in explaining L2 reading ability at the beginning level."