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Hsiao-Ping Wu; Carmen Cáceda – ORTESOL Journal, 2024
There is a consensus in language learning and teaching that the concept of authenticity in the classroom is beneficial to the learning process. This phenomenology case study explored 31 EFL high school students' perceptions about the authenticity of using English as the language of instruction during synchronic lessons with U.S. teachers. Data was…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Incidental Learning, Learning Experience, Teacher Student Relationship
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Rodgers, Michael P. H.; Webb, Stuart – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
In this study, the scripts of 288 television episodes were analyzed to determine the extent to which vocabulary reoccurs in related and unrelated television programs, and the potential for incidental vocabulary learning through watching one season (approximately 24 episodes) of television programs. The scripts consisted of 1,330,268 running words…
Descriptors: Television, Television Viewing, Scripts, Content Analysis
Shu, Hua; And Others – 1994
A study investigated children's natural learning of word meanings while reading. Subjects, 447 American and Chinese children in third and fifth grades, read one of two cross-translated stories and then completed a test on the difficult words in both stories. Results indicated: (1) significant incidental learning of word meanings in both grades in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education