IMPLICIT MEMORY TESTS AND INSTRUMENTAL INFERENCES IN A 2ND LANGUAGE

A number of studies have suggested that native speakers make instrumen tal inferences while reading. Some studies have also found a significa nt effect of learning instruction on recall in implicit memory tests. The present study compared a group of 20 University students who were English language learners at a hip-her level of reading proficiency, w ith a group of 20 students who were learners of lower reading proficie ncy, to examine whether the two groups of learners would draw inferenc es in the same way, and whether they achieve higher recall scores as a result of learning Instructions to generate instruments. Results sugg est that higher recall scores in the generation group are correlated w ith higher reading proficiency.