The Relationships of Declarative and Procedural Memory with L2 Procedural Knowledge for Intermediate Learners

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The current study investigated the relationships between declarative and procedural memory (DM/PM) and procedural knowledge of intermediate-level second language (L2) learners under an instructed setting. Previous studies have reported the associations between DM and PM and L2 learning. However, as most previous studies on the topic have used grammaticality judgment tests as L2 measures, the relationships between their DM and PM and L2 procedural knowledge may not have been clearly established. This study measured participants’ procedural knowledge using an elicited imitation test, which required its use. Correlation analysis indicated that participants’ PM measured using a serial reaction time task was significantly and moderately correlated with their L2 procedural knowledge. However, their DM measured using LLAMA B was not significantly correlated with their L2 procedural knowledge. Thus, the results suggest that PM is more associated with L2 procedural knowledge than DM for intermediate-level learners.