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Download full textMeara, Paul – International Journal of English Studies, 2007
This paper describes a set of simulations which explore the way different features of lexical organisation affect the probability of finding a pair of associated words in a set of five randomly selected words. The simulation is equivalent to giving Ss a set of five words and asking if they can identify a pair of associated words among them. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Associative Learning, Vocabulary Development, Simulation
Peer reviewedSchmitt, Norbert; Meara, Paul – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
English-as-a-Second-Language students in Japan were tested at the beginning and the end of the school year to examine changes in word associations and grammatical suffix knowledge. Results showed an average vocabulary gain of 330 words, a poor knowledge of the allowable suffixes for the verbs learned, and 19 to 25 percentage points more receptive…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Associative Learning, English (Second Language), Expressive Language
