Memory and language learning; Working memory capacity in developing learners’ oral proficiency: the case of Third and Fourth year students in the department of English at ENSC

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The objective of this paper is to highlight the relationship between language acquisition andthe human memory system, short term memory in particular, and the eventual contributionof the latter in developing the learners’ oral proficiencies. To fulfil those objectives, thisworkis based on a hypothesis that stipulates that ifstudents’ working memory capacity islarge enough to contain the needed information, it will allow the momentary retention of aconsiderable amount of acoustic knowledge, which in its turn would allow a fluent speechproduction. Besides, this same knowledge would be then internalized and hencepermanently kept in a larger store (long term memory) with practise and frequent rehearsals.To consider the extent to which our hypothesis is in the right direction, a non-wordrepetition test is administered in an attempt to measure EFL learners working memorycapacity in the Teacher Training School of Constantine. This test is usually used to show theextent to which people are able to recall sounds, and the more sounds available in thesystem, the larger the working memory capacity would be (knowing that working memory isthe store that is responsible for keeping acoustic information). Next, a questionnaire wasused with the basic aim to demonstrate that there is a possible relationship between workingmemory and long termmemory functions, and how EFL teachers could make good usage ofthat knowledge in teaching the speaking skill, and hence, helping in improving learners’ oralproficiencies. The non-word repetition test confirmed the stated hypothesis since theobtained resultsare statistically significant in that they clearly validate ourprediction that, infact, working memory capacity influences the development of learners’ oral proficiency.Those outcomes are further positively supported through the questionnaire results,throughout which we feel the learners’ awareness of the role of the memory system as awhole and working memory capacity in particular in promoting their English languagefluency. In addition to that, the learners’ answers confirm, somehow, that in addition to theundeniable role of the memory system in developing speech production, a good interactionamongst the learners, an appropriate teacher knowledge presentation and a favourablepsychological status of the learner would inevitably lead to achieving the targeted objectivesof our stated hypothesis.

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Crawler

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رسائل دكتوراة

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794804_1.pdf

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English

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اسم المصدر

Memory and language learning; Working memory capacity in developing learners’ oral proficiency: the case of Third and Fourth year students in the department of English at ENSC

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إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

Souheila Kheribet

الإعداد

Hacène Saadi

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