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Artificial intelligence in language learning shifts working memory (WM) demands, potentially improving learning. However, AI studies lack direct WM assessment, necessitating further research on AI

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Educational Technology
  • Second Language Acquisition

Background:

  • Working memory (WM) is crucial for second language learning, especially with technology.
  • Previous research focused on pre-AI computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and WM interactions.
  • The rise of AI in language learning necessitates understanding its impact on WM demands.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and compare how working memory (WM) has been conceptualized and studied in two eras of language learning technology: Interactive and AI-Mediated.
  • To analyze instructional design, WM outcomes, cognitive load, and measurement in both eras.
  • To identify research gaps and propose future directions for AI-mediated language learning and WM.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review using PRISMA 2020 guidelines.
  • Historical-comparative design synthesizing 31 empirical studies (27 Interactive Era, 4 AI-Mediated Era).
  • Analysis of studies based on instructional features, WM outcomes, cognitive load, and measurement, with cross-era comparison.

Main Results:

  • Interactive CALL often induced cognitive overload and highlighted individual WM differences.
  • AI-mediated tools show a shift: AI writing increases executive demands, adaptive reading regulates cognitive load, and VR/AR instruction has limits.
  • AI-driven learning offloads tasks, reallocating WM resources for internalization.

Conclusions:

  • AI-mediated language learning tools qualitatively alter WM demands, potentially optimizing cognitive load.
  • A significant gap exists in direct WM assessment in AI-mediated studies, hindering causal inference.
  • Future research should integrate validated WM measures and aptitude-treatment interaction designs to establish evidence-based AI adaptivity in language learning.