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Direct linkde Groot, Annette M. B. – Language Learning, 2006
This study examined the effects of three stimulus variables and background music on paired-associate learning of foreign language (FL) vocabulary. The stimulus variables were the frequency and concreteness of the native language (L1) words and the (phonotactical) typicality of the FL words. Sixty-four L1-FL pairs were presented for learning six…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Music, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Peer reviewedTurner, G. – Educational Review, 1983
Seventy-nine first-year and 85 third-year students were tested on the meanings of French words from vocabulary lists. Twenty percent were then taught memory-improvement strategies, 20 percent were taught strategies and given guided practice, and 20 percent learned the lists without aids. The strategies significantly improved the performance of…
Descriptors: French, Memory, Mnemonics, Paired Associate Learning
