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The present study explores contributions of working memory, attention, and English language proficiency to incidental vocabulary acquisition. Participants were 53 Korean undergraduate students and they were instructed to read a short story containing 21 unknown words. During reading, their eye movements were registered by an eye tracker. They then responded to three types of unannounced vocabulary tests: (a) form recognition, (b) meaning recall, and (c) meaning recognition. Finally, they performed a backward digit span task. Multiple regression analyses showed that the combination of three variables (English language proficiency, working memory, attention) explained 26.1% of the variance in form recognition test scores, with all three variables contributing to the prediction to a significant and similar degree. In contrast, English language proficiency was the only significant predictor of meaning recall test scores and explained 12.9% of the variance, whereas none of the three variables were significant predictors of meaning recognition test scores.
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incidental vocabulary acquisition, eye tracking, working memory, attention, language proficiency
