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Word Association Research and the L2 Lexicon
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Fitzpatrick, Tess; Thwaites, Peter – Language Teaching, 2020
Since its modern inception in the late nineteenth century, research on word associations has developed into a large and diverse area of study, including work with both applied linguistic and psycholinguistic orientations. However, despite significant recent interest in the use of word association to investigate second language (L2) vocabulary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Associative Learning, Psycholinguistics
Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition.
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Gass, Susan M. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1988
A brief survey of research on second-language (L2) vocabulary focuses on the following: knowledge of the lexicon; lexical simplification; the role of native language to L2 vocabulary development; prototypes; and vocabulary in context. (29 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
The Mnemonic Keyword Method.
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Pressley, Michael; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1982
Available experimental evidence is reviewed concerning the keyword method, a two-stage procedure for remembering materials having an associative component. The review examines subjects' memory for definitions, given vocabulary words; subjects' learning of other aspects of vocabulary, given definitions; group-administered keyword studies; and…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Memorization, Mnemonics, Recall (Psychology)
Minority Language Speaking Students' First and Second Language Vocabulary.
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Jorgensen, J. Normann – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
Study of Danish language needs of an immigrant student leads to the assertion that concepts pertaining to first- and second-language vocabulary need revision, particularly regarding certain minority languages and certain fields, including the distinction between "active" and "passive" vocabulary and first-language and…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Danish, Dialects, Ethnic Groups
On the Distinctions of Item Learning vs. System Learning and Receptive Competence vs. Productive Competence in Relation to the Role of L1 in Foreign Language Learning.
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Ringbom, Hakan – 1983
Formal and functional similarities in a learner's first and second languages (L1 and L2) facilitate the perception of cross-linguistic equivalence between individual items (phonemes, morphemes, words, and phrases). The beginning foreign language learner makes frequent use of these perceived equivalences when he learns to understand L2 items. This…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Audiolingual Skills, Encoding (Psychology), Language Research
Attention, Memory, and the "Noticing" Hypothesis.
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Robinson, Peter – Language Learning, 1995
Reviews research on the nature of attention and memory and proposes a model of the relationship between them during second-language acquisition complementary to Schmidt's noticing hypothesis and oppositional to Krashen's dual-system hypothesis. The article maintains that differential performance on implicit and explicit learning and memory…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Vocabulary Instruction: What L2 Can Learn from L1.
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Hague, Sally A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Summarizes five theories explaining the relationship between word knowledge and comprehension of text in native language acquisition and explores possible implications for second language researchers and practitioners. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Learning Processes