JALT2025 - Tokyo

Listening Automaticity: A Reduction of Dual-Task Interference and Working Memory Demands

Nov 2, 2025, 12:00 PM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Psychology and Language Learning Room 406

Speaker

Dr Bartolo Bazan (Ryukoku University Heian Junior & Senior High School)

Description

This study explores whether listening while reading is more effective than listening only in developing listening automaticity. Participants listened to texts whose speech rates increased by 10 words per minute (wpm) over the training sessions from 100 wpm to 180 wpm with and without the script, respectively. Degree of automaticity was measured through dual tasks consisting of listening to a text while drawing lines, which were followed by a Japanese summary and 5 MCQs.

Summary

This study explores whether listening while reading is more effective than listening only in developing listening automaticity. Participants listened to texts whose speech rates increased by 10 words per minute (wpm) over the training sessions from 100 wpm to 180 wpm with and without the script, respectively. Degree of automaticity was measured through dual tasks consisting of listening to a text while drawing lines, which were followed by a Japanese summary and 5 MCQs.