phonological short-term memory (PSTM), or the phonological loop

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phonological short-term memory (PSTM), or the phonological loop

Postby zenmonkey » Tue May 10, 2022 8:05 am

I searched in the forums and found here very little discussion on the phonological loop, or phonological short-term memory. The following quote made me think this might be of interest:

Another memory system which is relevant to language learning is phonological short-term memory (PSTM), or the phonological loop. Speech is fleeting; and the phonological loop is a buffer in which incoming information is maintained before it can be permanently encoded in long-term memory (Baddeley et al., 1998). Phonological short-term memory is an explicit system in the sense that the learner is aware of its content and often intentionally attempts to maintain it in memory (e.g., by subvocal rehearsal).


From here - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10 ... 69586/full

There's a lot of meat in the article on collocations, chunking, etc.

Happy reading, even if you don't agree with some of the content - especially if you don't agree, I'd love to hear your opinion.

Edit: Related: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10 ... 00209/full

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals ... 8F8A580609

Our study indicates that phonological short-term memory capacity plays a different role in the case of beginners and pre-intermediate students in intensive language learning.
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