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Direct linkKyoko Kobayashi Hillman – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Research on advanced L2 adult learners and viable classroom instruction for them has become increasingly important along with increasing global connections. This study investigated the effects of different kinds of spoken input modification on listening comprehension and incidental vocabulary learning by 106 advanced Chinese speakers of Japanese…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Vocabulary Development, Japanese, Second Language Learning
Download full textKastoudi, Denise – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
The gaming and interactional nature of the virtual environment of Second Life offers opportunities for language learning beyond the traditional pedagogy. This study case examined the potential of 3D virtual quest games to enhance vocabulary acquisition through interaction, negotiation of meaning and noticing. Four adult students of English at…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Adult Students, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedHorst, Marlise – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
Opportunities for incidental vocabulary acquisition were explored in a 121,000-word corpus of teacher talk addressed to advanced adult learners of English as a second language (ESL) in a communicatively-oriented conversation class. In contrast to previous studies that relied on short excerpts, the corpus contained all of the teacher speech the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Vocabulary Development, Incidental Learning
