Title : ( The Role of Emotioncy in Cognitive Load and Sentence Comprehension of Language Learners )
Authors: Nazanin Azam Nouri , Reza Pishghadam , Elham Naji Meidani ,Abstract
Emotion and cognition are both considered influential factors in language learning. In this study, the role of \\\\\\\"emotioncy\\\\\\\" (which is a combination of emotion and frequency) in the cognitive load and sentence comprehension of a group of language learners was examined. Emotioncy includes emotions that are evoked by the senses. To this aim, 200 English as a foreign language (EFL) learners were asked to fill out the NASA Task Load Test, a sentence comprehension test, and an emotioncy scale. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was run to measure the construct validity of the emotioncy scale. Subsequently, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to analyze the data. The results showed that emotioncy has a significantly negative and positive relationship with cognitive load and sentence comprehension, respectively (p < .05). Moreover, emotioncy is a significant predictor of both variables (p < .05). In the end, the findings were discussed, and the implications were given in the context of language education.
Keywords
, Emotion, Cognition, Emotioncy, Cognitive load, Sentence comprehension@article{paperid:1080011,
author = {Azam Nouri, Nazanin and Pishghadam, Reza and Naji Meidani, Elham},
title = {The Role of Emotioncy in Cognitive Load and Sentence Comprehension of Language Learners},
journal = {Issues in Language Teaching},
year = {2020},
volume = {9},
number = {1},
month = {June},
issn = {2322-3715},
pages = {29--55},
numpages = {26},
keywords = {Emotion; Cognition; Emotioncy; Cognitive load; Sentence comprehension},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T The Role of Emotioncy in Cognitive Load and Sentence Comprehension of Language Learners
%A Azam Nouri, Nazanin
%A Pishghadam, Reza
%A Naji Meidani, Elham
%J Issues in Language Teaching
%@ 2322-3715
%D 2020