Revisiting attending to form during meaning comprehension in learning Spanish as an additional foreign language

Junlan Pan ^[1] ; Yuyang Zhang ^[2] ; Wen Zhang ^[1]
1. [1] Chongqing University
  
  Chongqing University
  
  China
2. [2] Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
  
  Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
  
  China
Localización: Foreign language annals, ISSN 0015-718X, Vol. 56, Nº. 1, 2023, págs. 214-231
Idioma: inglés
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- The current replication study aims to examine the effects of learners' attention to lexical and grammatical forms on meaning comprehension while listening to a passage in Spanish. The registered protocol and materials in the aural mode from Morgan-Short et al.'s (2018) multisite replication study were used, with first language (L1) Chinese–second language (L2) English participants (N = 122) learning Spanish as the third language (L3). The results partially reproduced the previous findings that there was no effect of attending to a lexical item (sol) on meaning comprehension. However, a small to medium effect was found on comprehension scores for simultaneously attending to a grammatical form (la). This finding reveals a site-specific effect with learners from different L1 backgrounds, suggesting that learners' attending to a grammatical form absent in their L1 is detrimental to their meaning comprehension even if this form exists in their earlier learned L2.