In language testing, a test's cognitive validity is assessed in terms of the match between cognitive processes elicited from a reader and the processes which a test taker would use in non-test conditions. A reading test ...

This study reports the findings of an initial investigation into a speaking test for learners of Turkish as a second language (L2) that is in the development process. The test aims at assessing the speaking proficiency ...

This investigation aims at exploring immediate and delayed effects of extraneous cognitive load caused by the presentation mode of an English text and of English verbal working memory capacity of advanced learners of English ...

In this study, the effects of language proficiency and working memory capacity on predictive inference generation during reading in a second language (L2) were investigated by analysing L2 readers’ early and late ...

This study seeks to investigate the effects of multimedia glosses on second language listening comprehension and incidental vocabulary learning in a mobile environment. The study also explored the strategies used by second ...

This study explored the role of cognitive and linguistic variables in the development of word reading and reading comprehension in Turkish-Arabic bilingual children. Ninety-two 2nd grade Turkish-Arabic simultaneous bilingual ...

The present study aimed to investigate the concurrent contributions of phonological awareness (PA), rapid automatized naming (RAN), vocabulary, morphological awareness (MA), processing speed (PS), working memory (WM), ...

This study probes the effects of L2 experience on the enhancement of executive functions (EFs) and the predictive validity of EFs for L2 success from a domain-general perspective in a longitudinal pre-test/post-test design. ...

The study investigates the effects of different type of computer-mediated textual glosses and no-gloss condition on incidental vocabulary learning and retention. Seventy-four native speakers of Turkish studying English ...