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Toomer, Mark; Elgort, Irina – Language Learning, 2019
Sonbul and Schmitt (2013) showed that exposure to second language (L2) collocations in reading texts can produce gains in explicit knowledge, but they found no evidence of gains in implicit knowledge. This study is a conceptual replication and extension of Sonbul and Schmitt's research. Sixty-two advanced English as a second language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Reading Processes, Advanced Students
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Vidal, Karina – Language Learning, 2011
This article compares the effects of listening and reading on the incidental acquisition and retention of vocabulary. Two hundred thirty students participated in the study: They either (a) read three academic texts, (b) watched three lectures, or (c) received no input at all and just completed the vocabulary measures. This study also assessed and…
Descriptors: Scores, Vocabulary Development, Incidental Learning, Comparative Analysis