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Publication Date: 2010-Oct
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Repeated-Reading-Based Instructional Strategy and Vocabulary Acquisition: A Case Study of a Heritage Speaker of Chinese
Han, ZhaoHong; Chen, Cheng-ling Alice
Reading in a Foreign Language, v22 n2 p242-262 Oct 2010
Repeated reading, a procedure involving repetition of the same text, has received copious attention from first language reading research providing highly converging evidence of its potency for reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension. In contrast, second language research on repeated reading has been scarce. The very few studies extant have, nevertheless, shown similar, albeit inconclusive, findings. The present study was an attempt to foray into a hitherto uncharted area in both first and second language research, by investigating vocabulary gains from implementing a set of repeated-reading-based pedagogical and learning procedures. Using one heritage speaker of Chinese as its subject, the study administered 20 sessions of "assisted repeated reading" over three weeks. Results indicated both intentional and incidental vocabulary gains that would not otherwise have been possible through conventional reading or vocabulary instruction. (Contains 8 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Language Research, Reading Research, Reading Fluency, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Chinese, Heritage Education, Case Studies, Incidental Learning, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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