Personality Type, Tolerance of Ambiguity, and Vocabulary Retention in CALL.

Grace, Caroline

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Publication Date: 1998

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Personality Type, Tolerance of Ambiguity, and Vocabulary Retention in CALL.

Grace, Caroline

CALICO Journal, v15 n1-3 p19-45 1998

A study (n=181 college students) examined effects of lexical ambiguity in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) on beginning second-language learners, focusing on whether personality type affects retention of second-language vocabulary independent of translation issues and in an ambiguous CALL context. Findings support the need for beginning vocabulary learning software that renders meaning clearly while promoting deep processing. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Ambiguity, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Courseware, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Personality Traits, Retention (Psychology), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development

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Language: English

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