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Direct linkSonbul, Suhad; Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna – Language Teaching, 2021
Research employing psycholinguistic techniques to assess the on-line processing of collocation by native and non-native speakers has flourished in the past few years. This line of research aims (among other things) at exploring actual performance in real time as opposed to the traditional paper-and-pencil testing techniques that have been…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Phrase Structure, Language Tests, Reading Processes
Pichette, Francois; de Serres, Linda; Lafontaine, Marc – Applied Linguistics, 2012
This study compares the relative effectiveness of reading and writing sentences for the incidental acquisition of new vocabulary in a second language. It also examines if recall varies according to the concreteness of target words. Participants were 203 French-speaking intermediate and advanced English as second language (ESL) learners, tested for…
Descriptors: Sentences, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
Bruton, Anthony – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
This analysis evaluates the receptive tests of targeted lexical knowledge in the written medium, which are typically used in empirical research into lexical acquisition from reading foreign/second language texts. Apart from the types of second language cues or prompts, and the language of the responses, the main issues revolve around: (a) the…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
Download full textRickard Liow, Susan – 1990
This discussion focuses on reading problems arising when bilingual children must learn two different scripts, and how the nature of the relationship between the two scripts may influence the child's ability to transfer and develop reading skills. First, models of normal and abnormal reading in English are described. The significance of these…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Tests
Reves, Thea; Levine, Adina – 1990
The development of a model for criterion-referenced mastery reading comprehension tests for university courses in English as a Second Language (ESL) is designed. In the process of developing this model, two major issues were addressed: clarification of the concept of "criteria" within criterion-referenced testing and choice of the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Criterion Referenced Tests, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
Webb, Stuart – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2005
This study investigates the effects of receptive and productive vocabulary learning on word knowledge. Japanese students studying English as a foreign language learned target words in three glossed sentences and in a sentence production task in two experiments. Five aspects of vocabulary knowledge--orthography, syntax, association, grammatical…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
