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The Effects of Context and Word Exposure Frequency on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition and Retention through Reading
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Teng, Feng – Language Learning Journal, 2019
The research on incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading has claimed that repeated encounters of unfamiliar words and the context in which these words occur facilitate word learning. However, so far both variables have been investigated in isolation. This study was conducted to explore the impact of context types, word occurrence…
Descriptors: Cues, Word Frequency, Linguistic Input, Incidental Learning