Iconicity, the resemblance between form of a word and its meaning, has effects on behavior in both communicative symbol development language learning experiments. These results have invited speculation about iconicity being key feature origins language, yet presence natural languages seems limited. In diachronic study change, we investigated extent to which is stable property vocabulary, alongs...

convictions are strong that multimedia courseware holds great promise for enhancing learning efficiency among learners. this study thus aimed at comparing the effects of the multimedia programs introducing 100 vocabulary items through pictures and streaming video with those of teacher instruction on increasing efl learners’ vocabulary repertoire. a total of 120 subjects were identified as inter...

the importance of vocabulary learning has been underlined in the field of english for academic purposes (eap) because non-english majors who require reading english texts in their fields of study have to expand their english vocabulary knowledge much more efficiently than ordinary esl/efl learners. since academic vocabulary instruction in iranian universities is realized through the use of gene...

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of meaning-focused versus form-focused input-oriented and output-oriented task-based instruction on elementary level Iranian EFL Learners’ vocabulary comprehension and recall. For this purpose, a sample of 120 male students from a private school in Tehran was selected through convenience sampling and based on availability. The participants were...

ABSTRACT This article presents an investigation carried out to study the linguistic development of students from a Spanish Language class. The community service learning (from now on, due its initials in English, SL) methodology is used. as heritage language learners HLLs) and foreign FLLs) participated SL which they translated educational medical materials English into Spanish. first objective...

Many textbooks include semantically related words and sometimes teachers add synonyms, antonyms, etc. to the words in order to present new vocabulary items without questioning the possible effects. This study sought to investigate the effect of teaching vocabulary through synonym, semantically unrelated, and hyponym sets based on Higa’s (1963) proposed continuum. A total of 120 Iranian intermed...