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The Relationship between Text Comprehension and Second Language Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition: A Matter of Topic Familiarity?
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Pulido, Diana – Language Learning, 2007
The study reported in this article describes second language (L2) vocabulary learning outcomes associated with adult L2 reading comprehension processes, thus connecting L2 learning with the complex cognitive and linguistic processing involved in reading. The study aimed to determine whether background knowledge moderated the relationship between…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Second Language Learning, Semantics, Memory
Awareness of Form Class as a Factor in ESL Reading Comprehension.
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Guarino, Regina; Perkins, Kyle – Language Learning, 1986
Describes research done to determine whether there is a statistical relationship between an English as a second language learner's ability to determine a word's morphemes or structural units and his/her ability to comprehend written English text. (SED)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Higher Education