Abstract To examine the effects of task repetition with different schedules, English-as-a-foreign-language classroom learners performed same oral narrative six times under three schedules. They narrated six-frame cartoon story (a) consecutively in one class (massed practice), (b) at beginning and end a (short-spaced (c) as part two classes 1 week apart (long-spaced practice). The results yielde...

The present study examined the effects of input, input repetition and individual differences (i.e., prior vocabulary knowledge working memory) on L2 learners’ incidental lexical mining in an immediate a repeat oral task. Ninety participants were allocated to three groups: (n = 32), 29), no 29). group was exposed before performing task, whereas after only performed task without exposure. Three g...

Several studies using the mirror-reading paradigm have shown that procedural learning and repetition priming may be preserved in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) (e.g., Deweer et al., 1994). According to the classical interpretation, improved reading time for repeated words is sustained by a repetition priming effect, while procedural learning is demonstrated when this improvement i...