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Vu, Duy Van; Peters, Elke – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This longitudinal study investigates the effect of mode of reading on the incidental learning of collocations and factors that affect learning. One hundred Vietnamese pre-intermediate learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) were assigned to either an experimental group or a control group (no treatment). In 9 weeks, the experimental group…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Phrase Structure, Vocabulary Development, Predictor Variables
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Dang, Thi Ngoc Yen; Lu, Cailing; Webb, Stuart – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
Academic lectures are potential sources of vocabulary learning for second language learners studying at universities where English is the medium of instruction, as well as those in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs. Topic-related vocabulary is likely to occur frequently in academic texts, and academic speech consists of a reasonable…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Phrase Structure, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning
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Puimège, Eva; Peters, Elke – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
The present study explores the incidental learning of formulaic sequences (FS) from audio-visual input and factors affecting the learning of FS. A pretest-posttest, within-participant design was adopted. English-as-a-foreign-language learners (L1 = Dutch; n = 42) watched a one-hour English-language documentary without subtitles. Learning gains…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Correlation