Psychological Development and Education ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 320-328.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2019.03.09

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The Influence of Communicative Context on Learners' Language Selective Attention in the Learning Process

ZHANG Hengchao   

  1. Department of Psychology, School of Law, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134
  • Published:2019-06-19

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Abstract: According to the characteristics of communication context, the study created language communication, language communication of shared object, language communication of shared object and expression. It used the communication paradigm to explore the influence of communicative context on learners' language selective attention in the learning process. The results showed that:(1) The overall level of language selective attention was the highest under the condition of language communication; the overall level of selective attention in different contexts increased with the time course of communication. (2) The directivity level under the condition of language communication was the highest; the shared object and expression condition was the lowest, but the concentration level was the highest. Generally speaking, the levels of directivity and concentration relatively steadily increased with the learning process, but the concentration levels of learning stage 1 were significantly higher than that of intermediate learning stage under the condition of language communication and the condition of shared object. The results suggested that:while the communicative context was different, the effects of different non-language factors on the cognitive processing of language were different. The process of cognitive coordination of both sides of communication was influenced by both language and non-language factors. In short, non-language factors reduced the overall and directional levels of language selective attention, but expression factor improved the level of concentration.

Key words: context, communication, language, selective attention

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  • G442
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