Research into second language (L2) reading is an exponentially growing field. Yet, it still has a relatively short supply of comparable, ecologically valid data from readers representing a variety of first languages (L1). This article addresses this need by presenting a new data resource called MECO L2 (Multilingual Eye Movements Corpus), a rich behavioral eye-tracking record of text reading in English as an L2 among 543 university student speakers of 12 different L1s. MECO L2 includes a test battery of component skills of reading and allows for a comparison of the participants’ reading performance in their L1 and L2. This data resource enables innovative large-scale cross-sample analyses of predictors of L2 reading fluency and comprehension. We first introduce the design and structure of the MECO L2 resource, along with reliability estimates and basic descriptive analyses. Then, we illustrate the utility of MECO L2 by quantifying contributions of four sources to variability in L2 reading proficiency proposed in prior literature: reading fluency and comprehension in L1, proficiency in L2 component skills of reading, extralinguistic factors, and the L1 of the readers. Major findings included (a) a fundamental contrast between the determinants of L2 reading fluency versus comprehension accuracy, and (b) high within-participant consistency in the real-time strategy of reading in L1 and L2. We conclude by reviewing the implications of these findings to theories of L2 acquisition and outline further directions in which the new data resource may support L2 reading research.
ResumenEste trabajo tuvo con objetivo probar un instrumento de evaluación de los déficits en la comprensión de oraciones de sujetos con afasia (SCA) en español e investigar si permite distinguir perfiles entre pacientes. Se diseñó una tarea de emparejamiento oración-dibujo y se manipuló el tipo de estructura sintáctica: oraciones con cláusulas relativas de sujeto (RS-El gato que muerde al conejo es rosa) y de objeto (RO-El gato al que muerde el conejo es rosa). La prueba se administró a 151 hablantes nativos de español, divididos en 3 grupos de edad y en 3 niveles de escolaridad como grupo control y a 5 SCA. Los resultados mostraron que en el grupo control existe una (2018). La comprensión sintáctica en la afasia. Una herramienta de evaluación con cláusulas relativas. ELUA, 32: 317-329. ResumenEl trabajo analiza la potencialidad del territorio para la implantación de parques eólicos en la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía. Para ello se construye un modelo locacional utilizando las capacidades analíticas de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) y las Técnicas de Evaluación Multicriterio (EMC). En este modelo se señalarán las zonas con mayor potencialidad para la implantación eólica, así como aquéllas en las que ésta resulta desaconsejable o incluso incompatible con otras actividades y usos del territorio. Los resultados ponen en evidencia la existencia de diversas limitaciones en Andalucía para el desarrollo de la energía eólica, pero, además y sobre todo, pueden ofrecer un instrumento de gran utilidad para un impulso ordenado del sector eólico en la región.Palabras clave: AbstractThis paper analyzes the potential of the land to set up wind farms in Andalusia (Southern Spain). A locational model using the analytical capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-criteria Evaluation Techniques (EMC) has been built. This will be able to point out the areas with the greatest potential for wind power, as well as those in which it is inadvisable or even incompatible with other activities and land use. The results highlight the existence of several constraints in Andalusia to develop wind energy, but also and above all, they provide a useful tool to promote the wind energy industry in the region in an orderly fashion.
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