As Schmidt (2008) states, deeper engagement with new vocabulary as induced by tasks clearly increases the chances of learning those words. This engagement is theoretically clarified by the involvement load hypothesis (ILH, Laufer and Hulstijn, 2001), based on which the involvement index of each task can be measured. The present study was designed to test ILH by evaluating the impact of 4 differ...

Vocabulary acquisition is one of the hottest research fields in English learning, which has aroused researchers’ great attention in recent years. However, their focus is on vocabulary size, vocabulary learning strategies and receptive lexical ability, seldom to productive lexical ability. Writing is an important productive ability for EFL learners, and a myriad of writing researches show that i...

L2 researchers have debated the significance of the lexicon in addition to the relevance of acquiring syntax, in the learning of an L2. (Huckin et.al, 1993; Haastrup, 1991) and other researchers in the field of SLA recognize the fact that learners’ knowledge of words from context assists them in the comprehension of unfamiliar words that they encounter in their reading materials. Academic readi...

The goal of this paper is to examine the vocabulary learning strategies used by Turkish learners at an advanced level. Current research suggests that vocabulary is an important component of language proficiency. Nevertheless, for a long period of time it was a neglected aspect during foreign language teaching and learning. Vocabulary learning strategies play a crucial role in vocabulary acquisi...

Acquiring vocabulary in L2 is rather a difficult and demanding process and most of the language learners wish to know which vocabulary learning method and/or activity is more beneficial or even the best one; however, the responses to this question vary and there is no clear-cut answer though there are some various suggestions and conclusions drawn from the studies related to vocabulary acquisit...

This paper demonstrates vocabulary acquisition from psycholinguistics perspective, and tries to explain the questions through exploring the nature and the organization of the mental lexicon. It finally leads to pedagogical implication and provides suggestions for vocabulary teaching. Effective vocabulary instructions should contains the following characteristics: multiple exposures to instructe...

With the advantages of an engaged and authentic role-play game (RPG), this study aims to develop an RPGenhanced English for specific purposes (ESP) vocabulary-acquisition framework, providing teachers and students a systematic way to incorporate RPG into ESP learning. The framework is composed of five parts: goal, three-level vocabulary sets, RPG contexts, a vocabulary test, and a participation...

In this paper we present an ongoing research project which aims at developing an electronic vocabulary acquisition system for the German and the Italian language. To ensure maximum effectiveness of the learning process, modern psycholinguistic methods are applied alongside with new media and technologies including adaptive hypermedia. In this paper we focus on adaptive features and we will outl...

In this thesis, I present two novel ways in which speech recognition technology might aid students with vocabulary acquisition in a foreign language. While research in the applied linguistics field of second language acquisition (SLA) increasingly suggests that students of a foreign language should learn through meaningful interactions carried out in that language, teachers are rarely equipped ...

The authors' purpose in this study was to evaluate the role of attention, as a central dimension of temperament, in children's real-time acquisition of novel vocabulary. Environmental distractions were administered to 47 22-month-old children as they acquired novel vocabulary in a fast-mapping task. Two distraction conditions impeded novel word acquisition, but only I impeded attention allocati...