Faster L2 sentence reading times, better L2 listening profi ciency: a preliminary study of automaticity in L2 sentence processing

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Processing speed in a second language (L2) is considered an important characteristic of L2 profi ciencylevel assessment. However, all characteristics of processing speed in L2 learning remain unclear. The currentstudy demonstrates that L2 listening proficiency is more associated with processing speed than L2reading profi ciency. In this study, participants were asked to take an L2 profi ciency test consisting of listeningand reading sections, and to perform an L2 sentence comprehension task that measured the speed ofsentence and word processing in the L2. The result indicates that speed of L2 sentence comprehension correlateswith L2 listening profi ciency level, whereas all other results showed no statistical signifi cance. Thisfi nding supports the assumption that the speed of L2 sentence reading refl ects the speed of the real-timesentence comprehension performance that is required in L2 listening performance.

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