Investigating incidental vocabulary acquisition in ESL conversation classes.
Description:
This study examined incidental receptive and productive vocabulary gains within conversation-class interactions. Eleven Mexican learners of English attended four videotaped conversation lessons where 40 target words were incorporated in different types of exposure. Stimulated recall interviews with students highlighted the effect of cognates, learners' access to passive vocabulary, and use of their vocabulary knowledge in learning related words. Posttests revealed a correlation between frequenc…
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Date:
December 2009
Creator:
Mohamed, Ayman Ahmed Abdelsamie
Partner:
UNT Libraries