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Effects of Synonym Generation on Incidental and Intentional L2 Vocabulary Learning during Reading
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Barcroft, Joe – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2009
This study examined effects of synonym generation on second language (L2) vocabulary learning during reading in both incidental and intentional vocabulary learning contexts. Spanish-speaking adult learners of L2 English (N = 114) at low- and high-intermediate proficiency levels read an English passage containing 10 target words translated in the…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Proficiency, Intentional Learning, Adult Learning