The relationship between L2 reading and executive functions: what the literature says
This study aims at verifying, through theoretical review, which are the possible relations between L2 reading and executive functions, debating the implications between both constructs. Reading is a complex cognitive act, involving higher and lower levels of code processing, as well as activation of...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Associação Brasileira de Linguística (ABRALIN) |
| Repositório: | Cadernos de Linguística |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs3.cadernos.abralin.org:article/442 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://cadernos.abralin.org/index.php/cadernos/article/view/442 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Leitura bilíngue Funções executivas Controle inibitório Memória de trabalho Flexibilidade cognitiva L2 reading Executive functions Inhibitory control Working memory Cognitive flexibility |
| Resumo: | This study aims at verifying, through theoretical review, which are the possible relations between L2 reading and executive functions, debating the implications between both constructs. Reading is a complex cognitive act, involving higher and lower levels of code processing, as well as activation of prior stored knowledge and negotiations of meaning. In L2 reading, both languages are activated, and to perform the action, it is necessary to inhibit one of them, as well as to manipulate and temporarily keep the incoming information. It happens so that linguistic adaptations can occur, and understanding can be achieved. Therefore, the role of executive functions is perceived, since its three main components - Working Memory, Inhibitory Control and Cognitive Flexibility - assist in the task, manipulating, inhibiting, and adapting the information received. The works of Bialystok, Craik and Luk (2012), Diamond (2013), Dijkstra and Van Heuven (2002) and Alves Oliveira and Tomitch (2021) contribute to this discussion. |
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