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Toomer, Mark; Elgort, Irina – Language Learning, 2019
Sonbul and Schmitt (2013) showed that exposure to second language (L2) collocations in reading texts can produce gains in explicit knowledge, but they found no evidence of gains in implicit knowledge. This study is a conceptual replication and extension of Sonbul and Schmitt's research. Sixty-two advanced English as a second language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Reading Processes, Advanced Students
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Bruton, Anthony – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
This analysis evaluates the receptive tests of targeted lexical knowledge in the written medium, which are typically used in empirical research into lexical acquisition from reading foreign/second language texts. Apart from the types of second language cues or prompts, and the language of the responses, the main issues revolve around: (a) the…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development