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Peer reviewedJoe, Angela – Applied Linguistics, 1998
Examined the effects of text-based tasks and background knowledge on incidental vocabulary acquisition among adult English-as-a-Second-Language-learners who received treatments involving reading and retelling text with or without generative training. Pretesting and posttesting indicated that reading and retelling promoted incidental vocabulary…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
