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Peer reviewedFrantzen, Diana – Modern Language Journal, 2003
In a study of classroom second language acquisition, sought to determine reasons why the context in which a word appears does not always lead a language learner to an accurate interpretation of its meaning. Expands the existing research by using a natural intact, unmanipulated test as the context. Analysis of students' answers, self-reported…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish
Peer reviewedHulstijn, Jan H.; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Compares the acquisition of vocabulary by Dutch advanced students of French reading a French story in one of three text reading conditions: marginal glosses; dictionary; or control. Results indicate that frequency of word occurrence fosters incidental vocabulary learning more when the first two conditions exist. (40 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: College Students, Context Effect, Dictionaries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPrince, Peter – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Discusses an experiment in testing college students in France on their recall of newly learned English words in order to compare the advantages and disadvantages of context and translation learning as a function of learner proficiency. Results reveal a superiority of translation learning in terms of quantity, but an inability of weaker learners to…
Descriptors: College Students, Context Effect, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
