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Marie-Josée Bisson – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Research suggests new foreign language (FL) words are learned more easily if their phonology follows the phonotactic rules of the native language. Very little is known, however, about the impact of orthography on FL learning. This study investigated the cognitive mechanisms supporting the learning of words with familiar and unfamiliar…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Phonology
Elgort, Irina; Beliaeva, Natalia; Boers, Frank – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
Access to definitions facilitates the learning of word meanings when novel words are encountered in reading. However, the memorial costs and benefits of inferring word meanings from context, compared to seeing definitions of unfamiliar words before reading, are not yet well understood. We conducted two experiments with adult L1 (English) and L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Inferences, Recall (Psychology)
Hui, Bronson – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
I investigated the trajectory of processing variability, as measured by coefficient of variation (CV), using an intentional word learning experiment and reanalyzing published eye-tracking data of an incidental word learning study (Elgort et al., 2018). In the word learning experiment, native English speakers (N = 35) studied Swahili-English word…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Language Processing, Eye Movements
Eguchi, Masaki; Suzuki, Shungo; Suzuki, Yuichi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study investigated the constructs underlying second language (L2) word association (WA) with regard to three dimensions of lexical competence--size, organization, and accessibility--and the lexical performance of speech. One-hundred and thirteen Japanese learners of English completed a computer-delivered oral WA task along with three…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Associative Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Solovyeva, Katya; DeKeyser, Robert – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
Response time variability and its changes over time have been interpreted as indicative of levels of knowledge automatization. Predominantly, only declines in variability have been examined over the course of practice and growing second language proficiency. We discuss possible scenarios that may involve increasing, rather than declining…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Vocabulary Development, Memory, Learning Processes
Papi, Mostafa – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
The study examined the predictions of regulatory fit theory (Higgins, 2000) in relation to task-based incidental vocabulary learning. A total of 189 English as a second language learners completed a vocabulary pretest, a regulatory focus questionnaire, an integrated reading/writing task, and finally an unannounced vocabulary posttest. The…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Incidental Learning
Baills, Florence; Suárez-González, Nerea; González-Fuente, Santiago; Prieto, Pilar – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This study investigates the perception and production of a specific type of metaphoric gesture that mimics melody in speech, also called "pitch gesture," in the learning of L2 suprasegmental features. In a between-subjects design, a total of 106 participants with no previous knowledge of Chinese were asked to observe (Experiment 1) and…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonology
Schröter, Pauline; Schroeder, Sascha – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
Investigating the impact of linguistic characteristics on visual word recognition in children, we studied whether differences in native (L1) and second language (L2) processing already emerge at the beginning of reading development. German elementary school students in grades 2 to 6 completed a battery of standardized tests and a lexical decision…
Descriptors: German, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Word Recognition
Pulido, Diana – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009
This study examines the nature of the involvement load (Laufer & Hulstijn, 2001) in second language (L2) lexical input processing through reading by considering the effects of the reader-based factors of L2 reading proficiency and background knowledge. The lexical input processing aspects investigated were lexical inferencing (search), attentional…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Memory, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning

Ellis, Rod; He, Xien – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
Reports an experimental study of the differential effects of premodified input, internationally modified input, and modified output on the comprehension of directions in a listen-and-do task and the acquisition of new words embedded in the directions. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Incidental Learning, Linguistic Input, Second Language Instruction