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Musical aptitude, working memory, general intelligence and plurilingualism: When adults learn to read fluently in a foreign language
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Studies over the past two decades have provided relevant data on the relationship between music and reading abilities although they fundamentally refer to aspects of the first language reading process of young children. The foreign language reading acquisition process of adult learners has, in this sense, been less explored. Research in this area refers to working memory as a “common cognitive marker” for musical aptitude and reading ability, but little is known about the relationship between musical aptitude and silent reading fluency of adult foreign language learners, the hallmark of skilled readers. Specifically, this study seeks to determine whether musical aptitude as well as cognitive factors such as working memory, general intelligence and plurilingualism could contribute to the under standing of adults’ silent reading abilities in a foreign language. For this purpose, thirty-eight undergraduates, native speakers of German and learners of Spanish, were tested. Additionally, their FL reading comprehension level and their musical training were controlled to categorise the learners. Our data shows a strong association of musical aptitude, working memory, general intelligence and plurilingualism with learners’ foreign language silent reading fluency. In addition, a multiple linear regression analysis reveals that musical aptitude and knowledge of different foreign languages influence their silent reading fluency. But when in a second linear regression the lower reading proficiency level (A2) was introduced as a controlling variable, only musical aptitude is significant. In conclusion, further studies on the silent reading capacity of adult foreign language learners need to consider abilities such as musical aptitude and plurilingualism to better understand the whole reading acquisition process.
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57 Lingüística; Adults’ FL reading; Intelligence; Musical aptitude; Plurilingualism; Silent reading fluency; Working memory
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20196 https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2021.1936371
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Las narrativas transmedia en el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras ; Transmedia storytelling in foreign language learning
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The Acoustic Dimension of Reading: Does Musical Aptitude Affect Silent Reading Fluency?
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Communicative mediation and identity for the development of European democratic values in the EFL classroom
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Perfiles de estudiantes universitarios con dificultades lectoras en el aprendizaje del español como lengua extranjera
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La competencia lectora del alumnado universitario en contexto AICLE
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In: Porta Linguarum: revista internacional de didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras, ISSN 1697-7467, Nº. 3, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Adressing bilingualism in Higher Education: policies and implementation issues), pags. 75-88 (2018)
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Desarrollo de habilidades tempranas de la destreza lectora en inglés como lengua extranjera ; The development of early reading abilities in english as a foreign language
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Musical plus phonological input for young foreign language readers
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Instrumentos de investigación para el estudio del efecto de la música en el desarollo de las destrezas lectoras
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In: Porta Linguarum: revista internacional de didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras, ISSN 1697-7467, Nº. 24, 2015, pags. 121-134 (2015)
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Melodías en el proceso de desarrollo de la capacidad lectora
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Aprender español en USA : los medios de comunicación como motivación social ; Studying Spanish in the USA : mass media as social motivation
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Aprender español en USA: los medios de comunicación como motivación social
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In: Comunicar: Revista científica iberoamericana de comunicación y educación, ISSN 1134-3478, Nº 34, 2010 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Música y pantallas: mediaciones en el nuevo escenario digital), pags. 145-153 (2010)
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El laboratorio de idiomas como recurso para la adquisición de la gramática mental de una lengua extranjera
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Adaptación del discurso del profesor de L2 a la competencia transicional del alumno de nivel elemental
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