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Elleman, Amy M.; Oslund, Eric L.; Griffin, Natalie M.; Myers, Katie E. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to explain key concepts about vocabulary acquisition and instruction and to translate research from middle school vocabulary interventions into practice recommendations for practitioners. In this tutorial, we consider the relationship between vocabulary and reading comprehension, describe vocabulary…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Middle Schools, Reading Comprehension
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Perez, Maribel Montero; Peters, Elke; Desmet, Piet – Modern Language Journal, 2015
This study investigates the effect of two attention-enhancing techniques on L2 students' learning and processing of novel French words (i.e., target words) through video with L2 subtitles or captions. A combination of eye-movement data and vocabulary tests was gathered to study the effects of Type of Captioning (full or keyword captioning) and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Layout (Publications), Video Technology
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Lee, Yuh-shiow; Lee, Huang-mou; Fawcett, Jonathan M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
In an item-method-directed forgetting task, Chinese words were presented individually, each followed by an instruction to remember or forget. Colored probe items were presented following each memory instruction requiring a speeded color-naming response. Half of the probe items were novel and unrelated to the preceding study item, whereas the…
Descriptors: Memory, Color, Naming, Interference (Learning)