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Laufer, Batia; Vaisman, Esther Emma – Modern Language Journal, 2023
Extramural exposure, through activities such as watching TV, gaming, networking, and online reading, has become an important source of vocabulary acquisition in English as a foreign language, particularly when learners' first language (L1) has many cognates with English. Our study examined extramural vocabulary acquisition of 10th-grade L1…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Informal Education
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Suárez, Maria del Mar; Gesa, Ferran – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Video viewing can be a valuable resource to expose students to large quantities of input so they can improve their vocabulary and content comprehension. Most studies so far have used short clips and have not explored in much detail the effects of individual differences (IDs) such as aptitude, listening skills and vocabulary size. This paper aims…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Vocabulary Development, Television, Programming (Broadcast)