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Mohamed, Ayman A. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
The present study brings together methods of extensive reading studies and eye-movement research to track the cognitive effects of exposure frequency on vocabulary processing and learning. Forty-two advanced second language learners of English read a stage 1 graded reader, "Goodbye Mr. Hollywood," on a computer screen while their eye…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Reading Processes, Recall (Psychology)
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Godfroid, Aline; Boers, Frank; Housen, Alex – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2013
This eye-tracking study tests the hypothesis that more attention leads to more learning, following claims that attention to new language elements in the input results in their initial representation in long-term memory (i.e., intake; Robinson, 2003; Schmidt, 1990, 2001). Twenty-eight advanced learners of English read English texts that contained…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Incidental Learning, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
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Brown, Cheryl; Sagers, Sherri L.; LaPorte, Carrie – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
Presents a hypothesis-generating study of advanced university English-as-a-Foreign-Language learners' incidental vocabulary acquisition from oral and written dialogue journals over a semester. Teacher and student entries were analyzed and transcribed using WordCruncher (1993). Analyses compare characteristics of the input to the learners in the…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, Dialog Journals, English (Second Language)