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Direct linkSommers, Mitchell S.; Barcroft, Joe – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
This study examined how three different sources of stimulus variability--overall amplitude, fundamental frequency, and speaking rate--affect second language (L2) vocabulary learning. Native English speakers learned Spanish words in presentation formats with no variability, moderate variability, and high variability. Dependent measures were…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Vocabulary Development, Auditory Stimuli, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedNagy, William E.; McClure, Erica F.; Montserrat, Mir – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Investigates the effects of Spanish-English bilinguals' first-language syntactic knowledge on the guesses they make about the meanings of new words encountered in English contexts. Examines a particular type of transfer to understand the process of vocabulary acquisition in second-language readers. (48 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, English
Peer reviewedFischer, Ute – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
Investigated the independent and interactive effects of contextual and definitional information on vocabulary learning. German students of English received either a text with unfamiliar English words or their monolingual English dictionary entries. A third group received both. Information about word context is crucial to understanding meaning. (44…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Control Groups, Data Analysis, Definitions
