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Mark Feng Teng – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This study investigates the effects of three word-focused exercise conditions on vocabulary learning. The exercises were developed based on the involvement load hypothesis. This study also explores how individual differences (e.g. second-language English proficiency level and working memory) affect vocabulary learning outcomes. A total of 180…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Short Term Memory, Learning Activities
Calloway, Regina Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Readers read for different purposes and the texts they read vary in topic and difficulty. These situational factors influence standards of coherence--how much understanding a reader aims to have for a given text. Three studies examined whether individual differences in reader-based standards of coherence influenced off-line and on-line…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Individual Differences, Reading Habits, Reading Strategies
Mingjie Zou; Binhai Ren – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2024
Flow, a subjective state of optimal engagement and immersion, is characterized by a balance of perceived challenges and skills, interest, attention, and a sense of control (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990). Investigating flow in language learning can provide valuable insights into effective learning processes and contexts (Egbert, 2003). Self-regulated…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Sponseller, Aaron C. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Conventional folk wisdom insists study abroad is an inherently valuable educational experience for young people. While traditional study abroad programs were typically a semester or a full year in duration, short-term study abroad programs of only a couple weeks are now the most common type of sojourn abroad. Problematically, evidence is mounting…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Language Proficiency, Educational Experience, Outcomes of Education
Sage, Kara; Krebs, Briana; Grove, Rachel – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2019
The present study compared the effectiveness of paper and digital flashcards. College students learned vocabulary from paper, computer, or tablet flashcards that were self-created or ready-made. Students then completed a memory recall test and answered questions on cognitive load, perceived control, satisfaction, and several individual difference…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Printed Materials
Lee, Sunjung – SAGE Open, 2020
This study examined the simultaneous effects of L2 individual difference (ID) variables (aptitude, motivation, strategy use, language processing experience, and gender) on English as a foreign language (EFL) breadth and depth of L2 vocabulary knowledge of 492 Korean university-level learners. Independent variable measures included the: (1) Korean…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Structural Equation Models
Ruiz, Simón; Rebuschat, Patrick; Meurers, Detmar – Language Teaching Research, 2021
The extent to which learners benefit from instruction may be largely dependent on their individual abilities. However, there is relatively little work on the interaction between instructional effectiveness in second language learning and learner individual factors. In this study, we investigated the relationship between instruction, individual…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Suárez, Maria del Mar; Gesa, Ferran – Language Learning Journal, 2019
Video viewing can be a valuable resource to expose students to large quantities of input so they can improve their vocabulary and content comprehension. Most studies so far have used short clips and have not explored in much detail the effects of individual differences (IDs) such as aptitude, listening skills and vocabulary size. This paper aims…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Vocabulary Development, Television, Programming (Broadcast)
Chen, Zhi-Hong; Chen, Howard Hao-Jan; Dai, Wan-Jhen – Educational Technology & Society, 2018
This paper describes a narrative-based design framework that organizes three narrative elements (i.e., storyline, character, and quest) to support a contextual game-based environment for language learning. Using this design framework, a PlanetAdventure system was developed to examine its feasibility and its effects on student language learning. A…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Case Studies, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Andrews, Sally; Lo, Steson – Journal of Memory and Language, 2013
This experiment used the masked priming lexical decision task to address previous contradictory evidence about the relative strength of priming for (i) transparent pairs (e.g., "worker" "WORK") which are morphologically and semantically related; (ii) opaque pairs (e.g., "corner" "CORN") which appear to be morphological relatives but are not…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Profiles, Spelling, Semantics
Jones, Linda C. – CALICO Journal, 2009
This article describes how effectively multimedia learning environments can assist second language (L2) students of different spatial and verbal abilities with listening comprehension and vocabulary learning. In particular, it explores how written and pictorial annotations interacted with high/low spatial and verbal ability learners and thus…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Listening Comprehension, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary Development

Al-Khataybeh, Majid Mohammad – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2000
Investigated fourth-year university students perceptions of vocabulary learning strategies as affected by individual difference variables such as sex, Tawijihi grades, and accumulative average. The study consisted of English majors at Yarmouk University in Jordan. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Gu, Yongqi – 1994
Two case studies of the specific vocabulary learning strategies used by native Chinese-speakers learning English as a Second Language (ESL) at Beijing Normal University are presented and discussed. Subjects were two university students identified as "good" and "poor" language learners. They read two passages, one with about…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chinese, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Carroll, John B. – 1976
In three immediately succeeding trials, 45 young adults named 50 pictures of objects as rapidly as possible; word retrieval latencies were measured for each item. Before each trial, one experimental group was given information as to the word frequency (WF) level of the items' names. The other experimental group was given information as to the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, College Students, Individual Differences, Males