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WordUp: An App That Teaches English Words through Extensive Exposure to Authentic Materials
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Musa Nushi; Alireza Aghaei; Maryam Roshanbin – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2021
This paper reviews WordUp, a mobile application which fosters English vocabulary learning through exposure to new words in authentic and engaging contexts such as excerpts of movies, songs, and news programme. The samples of use are introduced after the definition of the target words have been provided in both the learners' first language and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
One-Time Treatment for Incidental Vocabulary Learning: Call for Discontinuation. A Commentary on Ali Karakas and Arif Sariçoban's "The Impact of Watching Subtitled Animated Cartoons on Incidental Vocabulary Learning of ELT Students"
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Bogdanov, Stan – Teaching English with Technology, 2013
Incidental vocabulary learning has attracted a great deal of attention in ELT research. However, it is important that teacher and researcher exploitation of vocabulary developments be guided by more than replication of previous research designs. For conclusions based on empirical research to be valid, it is important to be clear about exactly what…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Modeling the Effects of Repetitions, Similarity, and Normative Word Frequency on Old-New Recognition and Judgments of Frequency
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Malmberg, Kenneth J.; Holden, Jocelyn E.; Shiffren, Richard M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2004
Judgments of frequency for targets (old items) and foils (similar; dissimilar) steadily increase as the number of times a target is studied increases, but discrimination of targets from similar foils does not steadily improve, a phenomenon termed registration without learning (D. L. Hintzman & T. Curran, 1995; D. L. Hintzman, T. Curran, & B. Oppy,…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Drills (Practice), Word Recognition, Cognitive Processes
Towards a Deeper Assessment of Vocabulary Knowledge.
Read, John – 1987
While interest in second language vocabulary knowledge has increased, vocabulary testing remains largely confined to the quantitative measurement of discrete items. More qualitative measures are needed to assess how well particular words are known. Research has characterized word knowledge in two ways: as a set of components or aspects, and as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interviews, Language Tests