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Nakano, Teiko – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2023
For elementary learners of Japanese, one of the main difficulties in reading is to distinguish words written in kana. This paper reports on a survey of elementary level learners with two different levels of proficiency to investigate the effectiveness of Japanese graded readers with parts of speech color-coded to distinguish nouns, verbs,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Incidental Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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DiBenedetto, Catherine A.; Willis, Victoria C. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2020
Awareness of one's knowledge, skills, and dispositions are important for college graduates to excel in the workforce. The purpose of this study was to administer a needs assessment to students enrolled in the Agricultural Sciences department at Clemson University to determine areas of discrepancy based on perceived levels of proficiency and…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Career Readiness, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Pouresmaeil, Amin; Gholami, Javad – TESL-EJ, 2023
Previous studies on lexical focus on form (FonF) have mostly centred on FonF in reading with a few pre-selected lexical items. This study investigated the contribution of oral incidental FonF to developing learners' lexical knowledge in a free discussion EFL class. Incidental FonF was provided to 15 upper-intermediate learners who participated in…
Descriptors: Grammar, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Teng, Feng – Language Teaching Research, 2020
This article examines the influence of different reading conditions (i.e. reading only and reading with first language marginal glosses), number of word encounters (one, three, and seven) while reading, and combinations of these two variables on new word retention. This study considered a total of six possible combinations. Six groups of Chinese…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Macis, Marijana – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2018
There is little research available on the incidental learning of figurative language from reading (e.g., Webb, Newton, & Chang, 2013). This study looked at collocations with both literal and figurative meanings, that is, duplex collocations (Macis & Schmitt, 2017a) and whether reading could enhance lexical knowledge of the figurative…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Phrase Structure, Case Studies, Advanced Students
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Ahmadi, Seyyed Rasool Mirghasempour – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2016
Through the introduction of different dimensions of vocabulary knowledge, depths and breadth dimensions, various studies attempted to examine numerous effective factors on these dimensions. The present study aimed to show the effects of different vocabulary learning styles through extensive and intensive reading programs on depth and breadth…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Cognitive Style
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Abdollahzadeh, Somaieh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Focus on form instruction is a kind of instruction that draws students, attention to linguistic elements as they arise incidentally in meaning based instruction. There are different types of focus on form instruction. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of incidental focus on form on grammatical accuracy among Iranian L2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)