Pre-reading activities may reduce processing demands in working memory
Tatiana Koerich Rondon,
Lêda Maria Braga Tomitch
Abstract:Reading research has found that pre-reading activities positively affect comprehension, which might also act as a tool to reduce the processing demands in working memory (ROSCIOLI; TOMITCH, 2022). The present study investigated whether there was a correlation between pre-intermediate and advanced Brazilian EFL students’ working memory capacity as measured by the Reading Span Test and their results obtained in comprehension tests after receiving treatment with two pre-reading activities: Contextual Redefinition… Show more
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