外语词汇听觉内隐记忆与语境效应实验研究

An experimental study of auditory implicit memory and context effect of L2 English words

本研究以初级英语学习者为受试,采用启动研究范式考察孤立听取英语词汇和在语篇中听取英语词汇对内隐记忆的影响。结果发现:无论孤立地听取词汇还是在语篇中听取词汇,先前听取词汇的经历都促进了之后对相同词汇的再识别,但孤立地听取词汇比在语篇中听取词汇对内隐记忆的促进效果更强,即存在语境效应。最后,研究者分析了听觉启动效应和语境效应产生的原因,并提出了如何提高语境中词汇内隐记忆的相应教学策略以及未来需进一步研究的问题。

Adopting a priming paradigm, this study examines the impact of listening to English words presented either in isolation or in a coherent text on the implicit memory of these words in early Chinese EFL learners.The results show that previous encounters with the English words accelerate the later processing of the same words irrespective of the mode of word presentation. This study also confirms the existence of context effect:listening to the English words presented in isolation contributes more to the implicit memory of the words than listening to them in a text. While analyzing the mechanisms of auditory implicit memory and context effects, the paper proposes some teaching strategies for enhancing the auditory implicit memory of words presented in context and questions for further study as well.