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Suzanne Graham; Pengchong Zhang; Julia Hofweber; Linda Fisher; Heike Krüsemann – Modern Language Journal, 2024
This study considers the relative benefits for vocabulary learning of exposure to two types of texts--literary or nonliterary--used with two teaching approaches. These approaches were termed "functional and creative", respectively. In the former, learners' attention was drawn to factual information and linguistic features in order to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Role Theory, Teaching Methods
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Hayashi, Yuko – Modern Language Journal, 2019
The current 2-part study investigated the relative contributions of English language training (ELT) and computerized Cogmed working memory training (WMT) to improvements in English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) proficiency and working memory capacity. In Study 1, Japanese undergraduate EFL learners were randomly allocated to 1 of 3 experimental…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Laufer, Batia; Aviad-Levitzky, Tami – Modern Language Journal, 2017
This study examined how well second language (L2) recall and recognition vocabulary tests correlated with a reading test, how well each vocabulary test discriminated between reading proficiency levels, and how accurate each test was in predicting reading proficiency when compared with corpus studies. A total of 116 college-level learners of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Word Recognition, Language Tests, Scores
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Gablasova, Dana – Modern Language Journal, 2014
This study investigated the acquisition of specialized vocabulary from L1 and L2 textbook reading by 64 Slovak high school students who were intermediate or advanced users of English. The students were divided into two groups: One group read the academic texts in their L1, the other group in their L2. In a posttest and a delayed posttest, they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development
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Schmitt, Norbert, Jiang, Xiangying; Grabe, William – Modern Language Journal, 2011
This study focused on the relationship between percentage of vocabulary known in a text and level of comprehension of the same text. Earlier studies have estimated the percentage of vocabulary necessary for second language learners to understand written texts as being between 95% (Laufer, 1989) and 98% (Hu & Nation, 2000). In this study, 661…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Measures (Individuals)
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Horiba, Yukie – Modern Language Journal, 2012
In this study, word knowledge and its relation to text comprehension was examined with 50 Chinese- and 20 Korean-speaking second language (L2) learners and 40 first language (L1) speakers of Japanese. Breadth and depth of word knowledge were assessed by a word-definition matching test and a word-associates selection test, respectively. Text…
Descriptors: Objective Tests, Vocabulary Development, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
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Zhang, Dongbo – Modern Language Journal, 2012
Using structural equation modeling analysis, this study examined the contribution of vocabulary and grammatical knowledge to second language reading comprehension among 190 advanced Chinese English as a foreign language learners. Vocabulary knowledge was measured in both breadth (Vocabulary Levels Test) and depth (Word Associates Test);…
Descriptors: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Structural Equation Models, Vocabulary Development
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Jeon, Eun Hee – Modern Language Journal, 2011
This study investigates the contribution of second-language (L2) morphological awareness to foreign language reading comprehension. Tenth graders (n = 188) at a South Korean high school were assessed on 6 reading- and language-related variables: phonological decoding, listening comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, passage-level reading…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Morphology (Languages)
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O'Donnell, Mary E. – Modern Language Journal, 2009
Using a quantitative approach, this study explores the use of textual elaboration as a modification option for literary texts in an intermediate-level Spanish as a second language (L2) course. The results suggest that, with elaborative modifications, literary texts could have an expanded role in L2 instruction for lower proficiency students, thus…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Reading Instruction
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Crow, John T. – Modern Language Journal, 1986
This article argues in favor of a receptive vocabulary component in foreign language courses through consideration of: productive vs. receptive vocabulary knowledge; misconceptions in receptive vocabulary instruction; and classroom-tested approaches and activities for receptive vocabulary development. (CB)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Reading Comprehension, Receptive Language, Second Language Instruction
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Nassaji, Hossein – Modern Language Journal, 2006
This study examines the relationship between English as a second language (ESL) learners' depth of vocabulary knowledge, their lexical inferencing strategy use, and their success in deriving word meaning from context. Participants read a passage containing 10 unknown words and attempted to derive the meanings of the unknown words from context.…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Semantics
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Krashen, Stephen – Modern Language Journal, 1989
Reviews research on the language acquisition of spelling and vocabulary that further supports the Input Hypothesis for language acquisition, demonstrates the role of reading in spelling and vocabulary development, and reveals those research results' inconsistencies with two alternative hypotheses. (144 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Reading Comprehension
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Davis, James N. – Modern Language Journal, 1989
Examines the effect of marginal glosses on improving the comprehension of an intermediate-level college foreign language literary text. Students who received a vocabulary list and guide before or during reading recalled significantly more of the passage than those not receiving such help. (CB)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, French, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension
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Wesche, Marjorie Bingham; Paribakht, T. Sima – Modern Language Journal, 2000
University English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners' responses to five different types of text-based vocabulary exercises were examined. The objective was to understand better how such exercises can promote different kinds of lexical processing and learning and to compare these outcomes with those from thematic reading for comprehension.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Processing, Reading Comprehension
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Chun, Dorothy M.; Plass, Jan L. – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Discusses studies of German students using "CyberBuch," a hypermedia application for reading German texts that contains annotations for words in the form of text, pictures, and video. The article examines incidental vocabulary learning, the effectiveness of different types of annotations for vocabulary acquisition, and the effect of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Students, Courseware, German
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