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Exposure Frequency in L2 Reading: An Eye-Movement Perspective of Incidental Vocabulary Learning
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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)
The Role of Lexical Temporal Indicators and Text Interaction Format in the Incidental Acquisition of the Spanish Future Tense
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Rossomondo, Amy E. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
The present study utilizes traditional silent reading and a think-aloud procedure to investigate the role of lexical cues to meaning in the incidental acquisition of the Spanish future tense. A total of 161 beginning-level university students of Spanish participated in the study. Two versions of a reading passage that contained 13 target items…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cues, Silent Reading, Grammar
Lexical Processing Strategy Use and Vocabulary Learning through Reading.
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Fraser, Carol A. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
Reports on a strategy training study that investigated the lexical processing strategies used by second language learners when they encounter unfamiliar vocabulary while reading. Results indicate some lexical processing strategies lead to higher retention rates than others.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Language Processing, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Reading and "Incidental" L2 Vocabulary Acquisition: An Introspective Study of Lexical Inferencing.
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Paribakht, T. Sima; Wesche, Marjorie – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
This follow-up study of a classroom experiment with university English-as-a-Second-Language students that demonstrated incidental acquisition of new lexical knowledge through the reading of thematically-related texts explores how vocabulary knowledge may be acquired as a by-product of reading for comprehension. Findings are interpreted in terms of…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Incidental Learning