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Lambert, Craig; Gong, Qian; Zhang, Grace – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This study investigates the effect of personal investment in the form of learner-generated content (LGC) on the lexical recall of beginning-level learners of Chinese. The study employed a 2 x 2 repeated-measures design with content at two levels -- teacher-generated content or TGC, and learner-generated content or LGC -- and time at two levels…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
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Li, Jui-Teng; Tong, Fuhui – Language Teaching Research, 2020
Research has supported the benefit of cognitive vocabulary learning approaches, such as dual-coding (i.e. visual-verbal approach), on Chinese language learners' vocabulary attainment. However, few studies have systematically examined how to maximize Chinese word retention. Therefore, the goal of this study was to investigate the effects of two…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Retention (Psychology)
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Le-Thi, Duyen; Dörnyei, Zoltán; Pellicer-Sánchez, Ana – Language Teaching Research, 2022
The present study employed a mixed methods quasi-experimental design to investigate the effectiveness of applying motivational strategies and mental imagery (i.e. visionary techniques) to facilitate second language (L2) vocabulary learning. Four treatment sessions were integrated into a six-week language course offered to 150 intermediate students…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Vocabulary Development, Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods
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Fenyvesi, Katalin – Language Teaching Research, 2020
This study has investigated, in a quantitative survey, how the attitudes toward English lessons and the motivation for learning English as a foreign language (EFL) of 276 Danish EFL learners (starting age 7 and 9 years) changed within one year. Second, a subsample of children were interviewed. The study investigated what they liked and disliked…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Learning Motivation, Elementary School Students
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Butler, Yuko Goto – Language Teaching Research, 2017
This article focuses on the design of digital instructional game (DIG) tasks for young second language (L2) learners. The aim of the study is to identify motivational task elements based on what children respond to positively in games and incorporate into their own L2 vocabulary learning game designs. Eighty-two sixth-grade students (ages 11-12…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Games, Learning Motivation
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Lee, Sunjung; Pulido, Diana – Language Teaching Research, 2017
This study investigated the impact of topic interest, alongside L2 proficiency and gender, on L2 vocabulary acquisition through reading. A repeated-measures design was used with 135 Korean EFL students. Control variables included topic familiarity, prior target-word knowledge, and target-word difficulty (word length, class, and concreteness).…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Korean
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Walters, JoDee; Bozkurt, Neval – Language Teaching Research, 2009
Vocabulary notebooks are frequently advocated as a way for students to take control of their vocabulary learning (Fowle, 2002), with the added benefit of improvements in vocabulary learning (Schmitt and Schmitt, 1995; Laufer and Nation, 1999). The study described in this article attempts to lend empirical support to these claims, by investigating…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Writing (Composition), Personal Autonomy, Vocabulary Development
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Kikuchi, Keita – Language Teaching Research, 2009
Interview guides and a questionnaire were developed in order to find what factors demotivated students in Japanese high school English classrooms. Five college students who were attending two private universities and one public university shared their views about demotivation in the interviews. Forty-two students at a public university responded…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Measures (Individuals), Vocabulary Development, Grammar Translation Method