A Speaking Span Test for L2 Japanese Learners

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2024-08

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The newly created L2 Japanese Speaking Span Test (L2JSST) was reported in Hattori (2023a). However, its validity was difficult to confirm due to the small sample size and the underdeveloped nature of the field. This paper reports more relevant results on the L2JSST from 30 English-speaking learners of intermediate and advanced Japanese. Our statistical analysis shows that the L2JSST scores are significantly and positively correlated with the Japanese proficiency levels. Given this finding, we believe that the current version of L2JSST can be used to measure English-speaking learners’ working memory capacity in speech production in the same way that the English Speaking Span Tests measure (Daneman and Green 1986, Fortkamp 1999, etc.).

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Working Memory, L2 Japanese Speaking Span Test, Japanese Language Proficiency Test

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Hattori, Yuki and Mineharu Nakayama. "A Speaking Span Test for L2 Japanese Learners." Buckeye East Asian Linguistics, vol. 8 (August 2024), p. 98-105.

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