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Zhang, Dongbo; Yang, Xuexue – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Using a Chinese Word Associates Test (WAT-C), this study examined the vocabulary depth of second language learners of Chinese and its contribution to the learners' reading comprehension. Results showed no significant effects of word frequency, word class (i.e., adjectives vs. verbs), and type of association relationships (i.e., paradigmatic vs.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Processes
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Schmelzer, Henry – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Presents a method which draws upon students' imagination, creativity, and associative abilities and engages them in the language learning process. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Language Instruction