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Holger Hopp; Jana Reifegerste; Michael T. Ullman – Language Learning, 2025
Second language (L2) grammar learning is difficult. Two frameworks--the psycholinguistic lexical bottleneck hypothesis and the neurocognitive declarative/procedural model--predict that faster L2 lexical processing should facilitate L2 incidental grammar learning. We tested these predictions in a pretest-posttest syntactic adaptation study of…
Descriptors: Lexicology, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Grammar
Wang, Andi; Pellicer-Sánchez, Ana – Language Learning, 2022
This study examined the effectiveness of bilingual subtitles relative to captions, subtitles, and no subtitles for incidental vocabulary learning. Learners' processing of novel words in the subtitles and its relationship to learning gains were also explored. While their eye movements were recorded, 112 intermediate to advanced Chinese learners of…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Bilingualism, Language Processing
Rashmi Ranjan Behera; Chirashree Srabani Rath; Amulya Kumar Acharya; Trupti Subhrajyoti; Sujata Acharya; Rajesh Kumar – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Prompted by the challenges faced by teachers in balancing grammar and content in English classes, coupled with the poor English proficiency of rural Odia medium school students, the study aimed to devise an intervention that could balance content and grammar, thereby enhancing the grammar competency and content comprehension of eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Grammar, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Nadia Lana; Victor Kuperman – Language Learning and Development, 2024
This study investigates the role of emotional linguistic input in learning novel words with abstract and concrete denotations. It is widely accepted that concrete words are processed more easily than abstract ones. Several theories of vocabulary acquisition additionally propose a critical role of sensorimotor and emotional information during novel…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Semantics, Emotional Response
Nguyen, Thi Quyen – English Teaching, 2023
This study investigated the effects of processing three types of texts, namely expository texts, narrative texts, and a combination of both known as twin texts, on incidental vocabulary acquisition and retention in L2 learners. College freshmen (N = 109), who were lower to upper intermediate learners of English, were assigned into a control group…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Retention (Psychology)
Hsu, Hui-Tzu – JALT CALL Journal, 2018
Use of captioned video in classrooms has gained considerable attention in the second and foreign language learning. However, the effect of application of captioned video embedded with glosses on incidental vocabulary enhancement has not been explored. This study aims to examine the effect of video captions with glosses on EFL students' incidental…
Descriptors: Video Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Halim, Abd. – English Language Teaching, 2013
This study aimed to determine the degree of metaphorical meaning acquisition reflected in the ratings of Mental Lexicon Organizations (MLOs) namely subordinate, compound and coordinate; and to explore the interaction effects of the self-regulating capacities and age on the ratings. The method is quantitative. 261 out of 1,278 students of English,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Figurative Language, Language Tests
Eckerth, Johannes; Tavakoli, Parveneh – Language Teaching Research, 2012
Research on incidental second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition through reading has claimed that repeated encounters with unfamiliar words and the relative elaboration of processing these words facilitate word learning. However, so far both variables have been investigated in isolation. To help close this research gap, the current study…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Vocabulary Development, Word Frequency, Word Recognition

Pavesi, Maria – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986
Describes a study in which English relative clauses were elicited from two groups of Italian learners: formal learners and informal learners. The results agreed with the order of acquisition predicted by the Accessibility Hierarchy (Keenan and Comrie, 1977, 1979). (Author/SED)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Incidental Learning, Intentional Learning, Interlanguage