摘要：Past research in neuroimaging has shown a strong association between phonological short-term memory andvocabulary learning in first and second (L2) language. Specifically, memory for serial order independently predictsthe acquisition of a second language (French) for tertiary students and also activates specific regions of the parietalcortex in studies of German-French bilingual speaking undergraduates (Majerus et ah, 2008a, 2008b). These studiesalso suggest a possible role for attention in vocabulary learning. The aim of our study was to examine the role ofmemory for serial order and attention in the learning of English expert words among Cantonese native speakers. Wepredicted that memory for serial order would be the strongest predictor of expert word acquisition.
