The cognitive nature of adult bilingual reading: Cross-language activation of se

成人双语阅读的认知本质：se的跨语言激活

• 批准号: 7754423
• 负责人: Ana I Schwartz
• 金额: $ 7.33万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7754423
• 关键词: Accounting; Achievement; Address; Adult; Affect; Age; Basic Science; Caucasians; Caucasoid Race; Cognitive; Cognitive Science; Computers; Data; Enrollment; Eye Movements; Frequencies; Functional RNA; Goals; Institution; Intervention; Investigation; Knowledge; Laboratories; Language; Late Effects; Latino; Linguistics; Literature; Mexico; Mind; Minority; Modeling; Monitor; Nature; Occupations; Pattern; Population; Positioning Attribute; Process; Reader; Reading; Relative (related person); Research; Resolution; Semantics; Students; Technology; Testing; Time; Update; base; bilingualism; college; design; lexical; literacy; novel; prevent; public health relevance; remediation; skills; spelling; theories

DESCRIPTION: Despite increasing college enrollment, degree completion rates for Latino students lags significantly behind those of Caucasian students. An important barrier to college completion is the need for reading remediation. The goal of this study is to examine the cognitive processes that underlie adult bilingual reading through the use of eye- movement monitoring technology. The specific aim of this research is to examine how bilingual reading is influenced by the coactivation of two languages. This study will look specifically at how the selection of the appropriate meanings of words in sentence context is influenced by the activation of competing representations from the non-target language. The eye-movements of college-aged bilinguals will be recorded as they read English sentences on a computer screen. These sentences will contain words that have more than one meaning, and are therefore ambiguous (e.g., novel, fast). Half of these ambiguous words will be cognates with Spanish (they will have similar spelling and meaning such as novel/novela), and half will not be cognates (e.g., fast). Eye- movements for these different types of ambiguous words will be compared. Any observed differences would suggest that bilingual readers coactivate meanings from both of their languages when understanding ambiguous words. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This research will provide the foundational knowledge necessary for the design of effective reading interventions that are responsive to the unique cross-language dynamics of adult bilingual reading. This research will also contribute to basic research on reading, which has historically emphasized monolingual reading. This will allow the field to better address the needs of second language readers.

描述：尽管大学入学率增加，但拉丁裔学生的学位完成率显着落后于高加索学生的学位。大学完成的重要障碍是阅读补救措施。这项研究的目的是检查通过使用眼动监测技术来构成成人双语阅读的认知过程。这项研究的具体目的是检查双语阅读如何受两种语言共激活的影响。这项研究将特别研究句子上下文中单词适当含义的选择如何受到非目标语言的竞争表示形式的激活的影响。当他们在计算机屏幕上阅读英语句子时，将记录大学时代双语者的眼动。这些句子将包含具有多个含义的单词，因此是模棱两可的（例如，新颖，快速）。这些模棱两可的单词中有一半是与西班牙语的同源（它们具有相似的拼写和含义，例如Novel/Novela），而一半不会是认知（例如，快速）。将比较这些不同类型的模棱两可的单词的眼睛运动。任何观察到的差异都表明，在理解模棱两可的单词时，双语读者在两种语言中共同激活含义。 公共卫生相关性：这项研究将为设计有效阅读干预措施的设计提供必要的基本知识，这些知识对成人双语阅读的独特跨语言动态有回应。这项研究还将有助于阅读基础研究，这在历史上一直强调单语读。这将使该领域能够更好地满足第二语言读者的需求。