Sentence Reading for Incidental Vocabulary Learning : Effects of Contextual Constraints on Initial Gains in Word Knowledge

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概要

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• The present study examined whether learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) could gain incidental word knowledge through independent reading (i.e., without instructions such as lexical inferencing while reading) by examining the effects of contextual constraints on lexical processing. A total of 38 participants read 16 contextual sentences in four conditions: strongly constraining sentences with or without a free written recall task, and weakly constraining sentences with or without the same task. The overall results of the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale indicated that the initial gains in word knowledge started at the level of word recognition, although they were relatively slight. Additionally, the verbal comprehension contributed to vocabulary development. The empirical evidence also supported that the effects of the contextual constraints on incidental learning differed between high proficiency and low proficiency L2 learners.

• 関東甲信越英語教育学会の論文
• 2012-03-01

著者

• HAMADA Akira

  Graduate School, University of Tsukuba

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