The effects of short-term L2 training on components of executive control in Indian bilinguals

Cognitive Processing - Tập 22 - Trang 339-351 - 2021
Riya Rafeekh1, P. Phani Krishna1, Keerthana Kapiley1, Ramesh Kumar Mishra1
1Centre for Neural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

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This study investigated whether a short training (8 weeks) in the second-language (English) has any facilitative effect on components of executive functions in young adults. A pre-post design was used with two groups of participants: one group (experimental group) of students received English language training for eight weeks, and another group (control group) matched on age and background did not. Executive function tasks (Flanker, Stroop, and color-shape switching task) along with the object naming and working memory tasks were administered before and after the training. We observed that the experimental group demonstrated significant improvement in task switching, working memory capacity, and language skills. Findings from the study provide evidence that short training in second-language can enhance some components of executive functions besides improving language skills in young adult students. This finding contributes to a better understanding of language training and executive function among young adult bilinguals.

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