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Title: Distraction across Languages: The Impact of Background Music Lyrics on First- and Second Language Reading
Language: English
Authors: Yilun Ding (ORCID 0009-0009-0492-989X), William Choi (ORCID 0000-0001-7981-7782)
Source: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 2025 39(4).
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sino Tibetan Languages, English (Second Language), Native Language, Reading Processes, Attention Control, Music, Poetry, Reading Comprehension, Study Habits, Semantics, Interference (Learning), Silent Reading, Accuracy, Auditory Discrimination
Geographic Terms: China
DOI: 10.1002/acp.70104
ISSN: 0888-4080
1099-0720
Abstract: Background music with lyrics can be a prevalent distraction in environments where people study or read while music plays. However, such effects on reading comprehension across different language contexts remain insufficiently investigated. Guided by the duplex-mechanism account of auditory distraction and the semantic-interference hypothesis, the current study explores the graded interaction of background music lyrics and task language on reading comprehension performance among Cantonese ESL learners. Ninety-five Cantonese ESL learners will be tested on L1 and L2 reading comprehension tasks under a silent condition and three background music conditions: L1, L2, and foreign. We will measure reading comprehension accuracy and the time taken to read each passage. By systematically examining cross-language auditory distraction in reading comprehension, the current study could potentially refine theoretical accounts of auditory distraction and optimize learning environments for L2 learners.
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