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Brysbaert, Marc; Keuleers, Emmanuel; Mandera, Pawel – Second Language Research, 2021
To have more information about the English words known by second language (L2) speakers, we ran a large-scale crowdsourcing vocabulary test, which yielded 17 million useful responses. It provided us with a list of 445 words known to nearly all participants. The list was compared to various existing lists of words advised to include in the first…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Muñoz, Carmen; Pujadas, Geòrgia; Pattemore, Anastasiia – Second Language Research, 2023
This article addresses the benefits of audio-visual input for learning second language (L2) vocabulary and grammatical constructions. Specifically, it explores the role of frequency, the effects of subtitles and captions, and the mediating role of learner proficiency on language gains in two longitudinal studies. Study 1 targets vocabulary…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning