In the present study we examined the relation between alphabet knowledge fluency (letter names and sounds) and letter writing automaticity, and unique relations of letter writing automaticity and semantic knowledge (i.e., vocabulary) to word reading and spelling over and above code-related skills such as phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge. These questions were addressed using data fr...

The current study investigated the effects of oral code-mixing and glossing on L2 vocabulary learning. To this end, 60 EFL learners studying at pre-university school were given a pre-test to make sure that they did not have any prior knowledge of the target words. Based on their scores in the pre-test, 36 pre-university students were selected and divided into three groups, including two experim...

The current study investigates the degree to which the lexical properties of students’ essays can inform stealth assessments of their vocabulary knowledge. In particular, we used indices calculated with the natural language processing tool, TAALES, to predict students’ performance on a measure of vocabulary knowledge. To this end, two corpora were collected which contained essays from early col...

This study examined the effects of humorous movie clips on better learning of English language vocabulary. Humor is an important human behavior that plays a vital role in communication and social interactions. This subject has been rarely investigated in Iranian English classes. The researchers used quantitative method. Because all of variables were not controllable, therefore quasi-experimenta...

The following literature review is an analysis of the relationship of vocabulary instruction, reading comprehension, and student retention. Vocabulary can affect comprehension; however the most effective method of vocabulary instruction has yet to be determined. Context, semantic mapping, and a combination of instructional approaches are examined. Many types of vocabulary instruction can have a...

Abstract This study was to assess the spoken vocabulary knowledge and its role in incidental learning from captioned television. The participants were a total of 87 minority students English as foreign language Australia. breadth their measured with size test, while depth through an assessment collocational semantic relationships. results indicated that (1) videos are helpful for learning; (2) ...

The increasing number of experimental studies on second language (L2) processing, frequently with English as the L2, calls for a practical and valid measure of English vocabulary knowledge and proficiency. In a large-scale study with Dutch and Korean speakers of L2 English, we tested whether LexTALE, a 5-min vocabulary test, is a valid predictor of English vocabulary knowledge and, possibly, ev...