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Direct linkDang, Thi Ngoc Yen; Lu, Cailing; Webb, Stuart – Applied Linguistics, 2023
Open access academic lectures are potential sources for incidental vocabulary learning. These lectures are available in various formats (transcripts, audios, videos, and video with captions), but no studies have compared the learning of vocabulary in these lectures through different input modes. This study adopted a pretest-posttest design to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Lecture Method, Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development
Ender, Andrea – Applied Linguistics, 2016
Studies on vocabulary acquisition in second language learning have revealed that a large amount of vocabulary is learned without an overt intention, in other words, incidentally. This article investigates the relevance of different lexical processing strategies for vocabulary acquisition when reading a text for comprehension among 24 advanced…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Incidental Learning
Pichette, Francois; de Serres, Linda; Lafontaine, Marc – Applied Linguistics, 2012
This study compares the relative effectiveness of reading and writing sentences for the incidental acquisition of new vocabulary in a second language. It also examines if recall varies according to the concreteness of target words. Participants were 203 French-speaking intermediate and advanced English as second language (ESL) learners, tested for…
Descriptors: Sentences, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
Chen, Chuntien; Truscott, John – Applied Linguistics, 2010
This study of incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading, involving 72 freshmen at two Asian universities, investigated (i) the effect of repeated encounters with target words on the development of seven aspects of word knowledge, and (ii) the effect of L1 lexicalization on the acquisition of meaning--does the absence of an L1 translation…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Incidental Learning, College Freshmen, Translation
Peer reviewedSchmidt, Richard W. – Applied Linguistics, 1990
Summarizes recent psychological research and theory on the topic of consciousness, and looks at three questions in second-language learning related to the role of consciousness in input processing. The discussion involves the requirement in learning a second language of subliminal learning, implicit learning, and incidental learning. (142…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Perception
Gardner, Dee – Applied Linguistics, 2004
The role of extensive reading in building vocabulary continues to receive considerable attention in first and second language research and pedagogy. This study analyses the lexical differences between narrative and expository reading materials used in upper-elementary education (10- and 11-year-old children), and explores how these differences…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Children, Vocabulary Development, Reading Materials
Basturkmen, Helen; Loewen, Shawn; Ellis, Rod – Applied Linguistics, 2004
This article reports a case study investigating the relationship between three teachers' stated beliefs about and practices of focus on form in intermediate level ESL communicative lessons. Focus on form was defined and studied in terms of incidental time-outs taken by students and teachers to deal with issues of linguistic form during…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
