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    "pk": 6936,
    "title": "Individual Differences in Working Memory Capacity and the Development of L2 Speech Production",
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    "abstract": "This study investigates the relationship between individual differences in working memory capacity and L2 speech development. Thirty-two undergraduate English as a Foreign Language students participated in this study, which involved two data collection phases, each consisting of a working memory test (the speaking span test) and a speech generation task, with a two-month interval between the two data collections. Participants’ speaking samples were analyzed in terms of fluency, accuracy and complexity. The results show that only lower span individuals demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in working memory capacity and that such improvement was not a function of increased proficiency. In addition, although the speaking span test predicted fluency and complexity in participants’ L2 speech, it was not a good indicator of the development of speech accuracy.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": null,
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Applied Linguistics"
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Janaina",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Weissheimer",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Mailce",
            "middle_name": "B",
            "last_name": "Mota",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Federal University of Santa Catarina",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2010-04-29T09:00:00+02:00",
    "date_accepted": "2010-04-29T09:00:00+02:00",
    "date_published": "2009-12-30T09:00:00+01:00",
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