Desirable difficulties while learning collocations in a second language: Conditions that induce L1 interference improve learning

• Autores: Manuel F. Pulido, Paola E. Dussias
• Localización: Bilingualism: Language and cognition, ISSN 1366-7289, Vol. 23, Nº 3, 2020, págs. 652-667
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Learning conventional verb-noun combinations in a second language is known to be highly problematic when word choices differ from those in the native language. Grounded on recent proposals of desirable difficulties in vocabulary learning (Bjork & Kroll, 2015), we tested Spanish learners of English on a new paradigm that aimed to induce interference from the native language during lexical selection in a second language, as a way to train regulation of the dominant language. Results showed that recall rates were significantly higher in the group of learners that practiced in conditions of L1-interference. Faster RTs showed more efficient lexical selection in those same learners. Additionally, RTs revealed that the more successful learners in both groups incurred a cost in accessing verb choices congruent with the native language, a finding that is consistent with an inhibitory account.