This paper describes a computational implementation of an algorithm to define an ”unknown” verb based on the information in the context it appears in and any applicable background knowledge that the reader brings to bear. First, it describes some related research that has taken place and how it may be applied to the Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition (CVA) project. Next, it describes the process...

This paper describes a practical solution to online dictionary update in X T R A , a machine translat ion system developed by X iuming Huang at the Computing Research Laboratory of New Mexico State University. The focus of the discussion in on IVES — an Interactive Vocabulary Enrichment System bui l t by this writer for X T R A , It reflects an ongoing effort at the laboratory to build embedded...

When vocabulary teaching is taken into account in EFL classes in our Iranian state primary schools, teachers generally prefer to use classical techniques. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of visually-mediated collocations on the elementary EFL learners’ vocabulary learning. In order to conduct this study, 60 students from two classrooms in an elementary class, participate...

This study investigated whether it is possible to provide naturalistic second language acquisition (SLA) of vocabulary for young learners in a classroom situation without resorting to a classical immersion approach. Participants were 60 first-grade pupils in two Norwegian elementary schools in their first year. The control group followed regular instruction as prescribed by the school curriculu...