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The Effects of Synonymy on Second-Language Vocabulary Learning

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Webb, Stuart – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2007

This article examines the effects of synonymy (i.e., learning words with and without high-frequency synonyms that were known to the learners) on word knowledge in a study of 84 Japanese students learning English. It employed 10 tests measuring 5 aspects of word knowledge (orthography, paradigmatic association, syntagmatic association, meaning and…

Descriptors: Sentences, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Japanese

Researching Vocabulary through a Word Knowledge Framework. Word Associations and Verbal Suffixes.

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Schmitt, Norbert; Meara, Paul – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997

English-as-a-Second-Language students in Japan were tested at the beginning and the end of the school year to examine changes in word associations and grammatical suffix knowledge. Results showed an average vocabulary gain of 330 words, a poor knowledge of the allowable suffixes for the verbs learned, and 19 to 25 percentage points more receptive…

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Associative Learning, English (Second Language), Expressive Language