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Helping Learners Engage with L2 Words: The Form-Meaning Fit
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Deconinck, Julie; Boers, Frank; Eyckmans, June – AILA Review, 2010
The pace at which new words are acquired is influenced by the degree of engagement with them on the part of the learner. Insights from cognitive linguistics into the non-arbitrary aspects of vocabulary can be turned into stimuli for such engagement. The majority of Cognitive Linguists' proposals for vocabulary teaching aim at helping learners…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Instruction