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Download full textSoomin Lim; Sang-Ki Lee – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
Incidental vocabulary learning through reading may be influenced by a range of learner-internal as well as learner-external factors. This study, specifically, examined the potential impacts of three factors: text type, prior L2 vocabulary knowledge, and working memory capacity. Forty-six 1st grade high school students in Korea completed a battery…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, High School Students, Vocabulary
Tang, Zhongqing – English Language Teaching, 2020
Vocabulary acquisition, after being neglected for centuries, aroused people's attention from the second half of last century. At that time, people began to realize, instead of grammar, vocabulary occupies the central role in language acquisition (Gass & Selinker, 1994). Compared with intentional vocabulary acquisition, incidental vocabulary…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Educational Research
Direct linkBordag, Denisa; Kirschenbaum, Amit; Opitz, Andreas; Rogahn, Maria; Tschirner, Erwin – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016
The present study explores the initial stages of incidental acquisition of two grammatical properties of verbs (subcategorization and [ir]regularity) during reading in first language (L1) and second language (L2) German using an adjusted self-paced reading paradigm. The results indicate that L1 speakers are superior to L2 speakers in the…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Language Acquisition, Grammar, Verbs
Hauschild, Staci; Poltavtchenko, Elena; Stoller, Fredricka L. – English Teaching Forum, 2012
In this article, the authors endorse a model that uses themes as springboards for language improvement, accompanied by the added benefit of content learning, though to differing degrees depending on the instructional setting. The themes that teachers choose to integrate into their language classrooms may reflect serious issues (e.g., elections,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, English (Second Language), Listening, Language Skills
Brantmeier, Cindy, Ed.; Yu, Xiucheng, Ed.; Bishop, Tracy Van, Ed. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2011
This feature offers an archive of articles and books published in other venues during the past year and serves as a valuable tool to readers of "Reading in a Foreign Language" ("RFL"). It treats any topic within the scope of "RFL" and second language reading. The articles are listed in alphabetical order by author,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Navarro, Ann M. – Online Submission, 2008
Background: Many classrooms today have ESL students who do not speak English and are completely lost. How can teachers help these students comprehend what they are learning in English? Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify effective reading strategies to build schema for English language learners (ELLs) to help them comprehend.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Strategies, Instructional Effectiveness
