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Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in a Second Language: A Review.
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Huckin, Thomas; Coady, James – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
Reviews recent research on incidental vocabulary acquisition in second language. Discusses key unresolved issues such as the actual mechanism of incidental acquisition, type and size of vocabulary needed for accurate guessing, degree of exposure to a word needed for successful acquisition, efficacy of different word-guessing strategies, value of…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Language Research, Learning Strategies, Reading Instruction
Lexical Processing Strategy Use and Vocabulary Learning through Reading.
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Fraser, Carol A. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
Reports on a strategy training study that investigated the lexical processing strategies used by second language learners when they encounter unfamiliar vocabulary while reading. Results indicate some lexical processing strategies lead to higher retention rates than others.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Language Processing, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension