Does verbatim sentence recall underestimate the language competence of near-native speakers?

Does verbatim sentence recall underestimate the language competence of near-native speakers?

Verbatim sentence recall is widely used to test the language competence of native and non-native speakers since it involves comprehension and production of connected speech. However, we assume that, to maintain surface information, sentence recall relies particularly on attentional resources, which...

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Main Authors: Judith eSchweppe, Sandra eBarth, Almut eKetzer-Nöltge, Ralf eRummer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Attention
bilingualism
working memory
sentence recall
near-native speakers
language competence
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00063/full

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