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Xin Yuan; Xuan Tang – Language Awareness, 2025
This study explored the effects of listening-based lexical focus-on-form (lexical FonF) on the acquisition and retention of morphologically complex words. One hundred eighty-two adult English learners with two levels of English proficiency (higher and lower proficiency) from a public university in mainland China were assigned to three different…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Morphology (Languages), Grammar, Second Language Instruction
Chi Duc Nguyen – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2024
Research shows that meaning-focused reading offers opportunities for incidental grammar acquisition. However, the number of such studies remains limited and none have examined the role of both in-text encounters with grammar structures and reading comprehension in this learning. The present study filled these gaps. Employing a between-group,…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Grammar, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Serrano, Raquel; Huang, Hsiao-yun – Language Awareness, 2023
The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of different schedules of repeated reading practice on intentional vocabulary learning, and constitutes a partial replication and extension of the authors' previous study on incidental vocabulary learning. Two groups of Taiwanese EFL learners (n = 72) engaged in five repeated reading sessions; one…
Descriptors: Intentional Learning, Incidental Learning, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning
Kaman-Ertürk, Ayse; Gokgoz-Kurt, Burcu – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2023
Vocabulary learning constitutes an essential component of language learning and teaching. The type of input students receive is one of the factors that affect the pace and range of this learning. In the incidental vocabulary learning process, learners have been shown to benefit from exposure to a variety of input types to varying degrees. In this…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Comparative Analysis, Learning Processes
Ali Soyoof; Barry Lee Reynolds; Rustam Shadiev; Boris Vazquez-Calvo – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
While the study of serious games has received due attention, few studies have investigated their potentials of simultaneously offering a route to both content and language acquisition. Understanding the interdisciplinary educational affordance of serious game play is significant, as it might provide game designers and teachers with insight into…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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
Webb, Stuart; Chang, Anna C.-S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
There has been little research investigating how mode of input affects incidental vocabulary learning, and no study examining how it affects the learning of multiword items. The aim of this study was to investigate incidental learning of L2 collocations in three different modes: reading, listening, and reading while listening. One hundred…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Phrase Structure, Undergraduate Students, Comparative Analysis
Mirzaei, Azizullah; Farhang, Maryam; Eslami, Zohreh – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2023
Emergentist, usage-based L2 research has witnessed that emphasizing formulaic sequences as entry points in meaning-based instructional contexts contributes to the development of linguistic comprehension and production. Related studies have thus far striven to find the most effective methods of highlighting these word strings. This study explored…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Samira M. Edres – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined the effects of three subtitle conditions on English vocabulary learning, form recognition and meaning recall, from TED Talks videos while controlling for vocabulary size and initial knowledge of the target words. The participants, 105 Libyan students (16 males and 89 females) at intermediate English proficiency level, were…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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)
Schurz, Alexandra; Coumel, Marion – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Today, the Common European Framework of Reference (2009), and with it the action-based approach, underlies English Language Teaching (ELT) curricula throughout Europe. However, actual teaching practices are likely to vary according to factors such as the educational level and supra-national differences, including legal guidelines and the level of…
Descriptors: Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Aliyar, Mahnaz; Peters, Elke – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
Despite empirical evidence from research showing that the use of text-picture combination is beneficial for second language (L2) learning, little is known about the effectiveness of reading comic books for incidental vocabulary acquisition. This study investigated the effects of engaging with comic books on incidental learning of L2 Italian…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Italian, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Barón, Júlia; Celaya, M. Luz – Language Teaching Research, 2022
The present study deals with the effect of audio-visual material for second language (L2) pragmatic learning in the foreign language classroom. More specifically, it analyzes whether being exposed to captioned and non-captioned input in an experimental condition entailing no instruction on pragmatics might have any influence on the learners'…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Visual Aids, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Vu, Duy Van; Peters, Elke – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This longitudinal study investigates the effect of mode of reading on the incidental learning of collocations and factors that affect learning. One hundred Vietnamese pre-intermediate learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) were assigned to either an experimental group or a control group (no treatment). In 9 weeks, the experimental group…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Phrase Structure, Vocabulary Development, Predictor Variables
Dang, Thi Ngoc Yen; Lu, Cailing; Webb, Stuart – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
Academic lectures are potential sources of vocabulary learning for second language learners studying at universities where English is the medium of instruction, as well as those in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs. Topic-related vocabulary is likely to occur frequently in academic texts, and academic speech consists of a reasonable…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Phrase Structure, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning