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Macalister, John – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2019
Jeff McQuillan offers case studies of intermediate level language learners who read young adult and adult fiction successfully as an argument against explicit vocabulary instruction. Case studies provide useful insights into whatever is being investigated but may not always be generalizable. However, McQuillan's reference to case studies has made…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Novels, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
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Rossiter, Marian J.; Abbott, Marilyn L.; Kushnir, Andrea – TESL-EJ, 2016
This study investigates the vocabulary knowledge, beliefs, and practices of adult English as a second language (ESL) instructors. Thirty participants responded to an online survey designed to elicit information regarding their knowledge and beliefs; approaches to assessment; vocabulary teaching techniques and strategies; instructional practices…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Development