Translating a working memory capacity test from English to Brazilian Portuguese

Authors

  • Pietra Cassol Rigatti Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Ana Beatriz Arêas da Luz Fontes Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Kelvin Pereira Magagnin Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Ingrid Finger Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2017.2.26434

Keywords:

Working memory, Reading span test.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to translate a Working Memory (WM) capacity test (WATERS and CAPLAN, 1996a) into Portuguese, and adapt it to the Brazilian context. Our motivation lies in the fact that there is only one measure of WM available in Portuguese, which works differently from the translated test. The translation followed strict criteria in terms of word choice, number of syllables, frequency of use, and number of words per sentence, while trying to preserve the original meaning of the sentence. The differences between the WM measure available and our translation, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each are explained. Studies for the validation of the WM capacity test are still necessary.

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Author Biographies

Pietra Cassol Rigatti, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Mestranda em Psicolinguística pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Ana Beatriz Arêas da Luz Fontes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Professora de Letras na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, doutora pela University of Texas em El Paso

Kelvin Pereira Magagnin, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Graduado em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Ingrid Finger, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Professora de Letras na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, doutora pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

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2018-03-23

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Rigatti, P. C., Fontes, A. B. A. da L., Magagnin, K. P., & Finger, I. (2018). Translating a working memory capacity test from English to Brazilian Portuguese. Letrônica, 10(2), 743–757. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2017.2.26434

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2017): Aquisição e processamento (a)típico da linguagem (L1 e L2) & A hipermodernidade literária em tempos coléricos

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