It is well established that extensive reading promotes the incidental learning of L1 and L2 receptive vocabulary; however, little is known about its effectiveness on productive gains in vocabulary knowledge. This paper investigates the extent to which extensive reading combined with writing tasks promotes productive vocabulary growth of Japanese university students. To examine changes in vocabu...

Abstract There is a great deal of variation in gains found between studies second language (L2) incidental vocabulary learning, as well many factors that affect learning. This meta-analysis investigated the effects exposure to L2 meaning-focused input on learning with an aim clarify proportional occur through Twenty-four primary were retrieved providing 29 different effect sizes and total sampl...

This study examined the effectiveness of bilingual subtitles relative to captions, subtitles, and no for incidental vocabulary learning. Learners’ processing novel words in its relationship learning gains were also explored. While their eye movements recorded, 112 intermediate advanced Chinese learners English watched a documentary one 4 conditions: L1 subtitles. Vocabulary pretests posttests a...

Zhang, Jinghong. M.S.Ed., Purdue University, May 2015. Vocabulary Teaching in Chinese Junior High Schools. Major Professor: Melanie Shoffner. Vocabulary learning is an important and indispensable part of the English language learning process. In this paper, the author tried to examine the vocabulary teaching practice in Chinese junior high schools. A questionnaire was used to investigate the pr...

The purpose of the present study was to identify any significant relationship between critical thinking ability, L2 vocabulary knowledge, and L2 vocabulary learning strategies of Iranian EFL learners. To this aim, the productive vocabulary levels test was administered to measure the learner’s L2 vocabulary knowledge and observe homogeneity in terms of vocabulary knowledge. At the second stage, ...

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) ...