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Ashcroft, Robert John; Garner, Joseph; Hadingham, Oliver – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
It is thought that in order to comprehend general conversation at the native-speaker level, it is necessary to know thousands of word families. Vocabulary learning is therefore a vital component to attaining proficiency in a language. Technological advances have greatly expanded the resources available to language students. In particular, learners…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Recall (Psychology), English (Second Language)
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Sanatullova-Allison , Elvira – IAFOR Journal of Language Learning, 2014
This article reviews some essential theoretical and empirical research literature that discusses the role of memory in second language acquisition and instruction. Two models of literature review--thematic and study-by-study--were used to analyze and synthesize the existing research. First, issues of memory retention in second language acquisition…
Descriptors: Memory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Research