%0 Journal Article %T The Role of Emotioncy in Cognitive Load and Sentence Comprehension of Language Learners %J Issues in Language Teaching %I Allameh Tabataba’i University Press %Z 2322-3715 %A Azamnouri, Nazanin %A Pishghadam, Reza %A Naji Meidani, Elham %D 2020 %\ 06/01/2020 %V 9 %N 1 %P 29-55 %! The Role of Emotioncy in Cognitive Load and Sentence Comprehension of Language Learners %K emotion %K cognition %K Emotioncy %K Cognitive load %K sentence comprehension %R 10.22054/ilt.2020.51543.485 %X Emotion and cognition are both considered influential factors in language learning. In this study, the role of "emotioncy" (which is a combination of emotion and frequency) in the cognitive load and sentence comprehension of a group of language learners was examined. Emotioncy includes emotions that are evoked by the senses. To this aim, 200 English as a foreign language (EFL) learners were asked to fill out the NASA Task Load Test, a sentence comprehension test, and an emotioncy scale. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was run to measure the construct validity of the emotioncy scale. Subsequently, Pearson Product-Moment correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to analyze the data. The results showed that emotioncy has a significantly negative and positive relationship with cognitive load and sentence comprehension, respectively (p %U https://ilt.atu.ac.ir/article_11073_701d79acadc342888ba8a87f3a1b56a7.pdf