The Relationship Between Chinese English Learners’ Visual And Auditory Memory In The Dimension Of Proficiency And Time

The achievement of foreign language learning and memory have a very close relationship, for all the language learning process is closely related to memory, from English pronunciation, grammar to English vocabulary, and from English listening, speaking to reading and writing. The memory is divided into three stages in the multi-store model:sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term memory. During the memory process, auditory memory and visual memory are interconnected and then play important roles. What’s more, the proficiency of English learners and the time of memorizing also have great effects on memory. However, the previous studies about the memory are almost concentrated on auditory memory modal or visual memory modal, little has been done about the relationship between Chinese English learners’ visual and auditory memory in the dimension of proficiency and time. Therefore, on the basis of previous studies about visual memory modal and auditory memory modal during three memory stages, the relationship between the proficiency and memory, and the relationship between the time and memory, the present study tries to probe into the relationship between Chinese English learners’ visual and auditory memory in the dimension of proficiency and time, to gain a better understanding of memory efficiency in foreign language learning. The experimental revealed that, the Chinese English learners are more accustomed to encode in a visual modal, but information through auditory coding lasted longer in memory. The result suggested that the most effective way of memorizing vocabulary was the integration of the visual and auditory memory-- a way of visual input and auditory processing.