This thesis has focused on the study on teaching vocabulary through constructing sense relations of words. An experimental teaching is carried out to prove the feasibility and effectiveness of a new way of vocabulary teaching-the integrated approach. The higher scores of the experimental class on the immediate tests and the smaller loss of retention on the delayed test appear to indicate that t...

This thesis has focused on the study on teaching vocabulary through constructing sense relations of words. An experimental teaching is carried out to prove the feasibility and effectiveness of a new way of vocabulary teaching-the integrated approach. The higher scores of the experimental class on the immediate tests and the smaller loss of retention on the delayed test appear to indicate that t...

Learning, especially in the case of language acquisition, is not an isolated process; there is ever-present competition between words and objects in the world. Such competition is known to play a critical role in learning. Namely, the amount and variability of competing items during word learning have been shown to change learning trajectories in young children learning new words. However, very...

To acquire representations of printed words, children must attend to the written form of a word and link this form with the word’s pronunciation. When words are read in context, they may be read with less attention to these features, which can lead to poorer word form retention. Two studies with young children (ages 5 through 8) confirmed this hypothesis. In our studies, children attempted to r...

To acquire representations of printed words, children must attend to the written form of a word and link this form with the word's pronunciation. When words are read in context, they may be read with less attention to these features, and this can lead to poorer word form retention. Two experiments with young children (ages 5-8 years) confirmed this hypothesis. In our experiments, children attem...