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Gyllstad, Henrik; Sundqvist, Pia; Sandlund, Erica; Källkvist, Marie – Language Learning, 2023
Vocabulary experts recommend first language (L1) translation equivalents for establishing form-meaning mappings for new second language (L2) words, especially for lower proficiency learners. Empirical evidence to date speaks in favor of L1 translation equivalents over L2 meaning definitions, but most studies have investigated bi- rather than…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development
Gimeno-Martínez, Marc; Sánchez, Rebeca; Baus, Cristina – Language Learning, 2023
We investigated indexical variation as a variable that promotes second language (L2) vocabulary learning across language modalities. In three experiments, we presented Catalan Sign Language signs (Experiments 1a and 1b), pseudowords (Experiment 2), and English words (Experiment 3) to participants in three conditions that varied in the number of…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Word Recognition
Jonathan Serfaty; Raquel Serrano – Language Learning, 2024
This study investigated how much practice is necessary for learners to attain durable second language (L2) grammar knowledge. Using digital flashcards, 119 participants practiced translating 12 sentences into an artificial language, followed by feedback, until they had typed all sentences correctly. Participants repeated this activity in one, two,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Translation
Hirosh, Zoya; Degani, Tamar – Language Learning, 2021
When learning novel vocabulary in a third language (L3) through translations in the first language (L1), bilinguals may have more available cognitive resources and more accumulated experience in language regulation compared to when learning through translations in the second language (L2). In a study designed to test language of instruction (LOI)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Language, German, Vocabulary Development
van de Ven, Marco; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Language Learning, 2019
This longitudinal randomized trial study investigated the effects of phonological specificity training on second language (L2) vocabulary learning. Eighty-six Dutch secondary-school students participated in one of two experimental conditions or in an animacy judgment (active control) condition. Participants in the phonological specificity training…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Phonology, Pretests Posttests
Wong, Man Ho Ivy; Zhao, Helen; MacWhinney, Brian – Language Learning, 2018
This study investigated the effects of teaching English prepositions using schematic diagrams inspired by cognitive linguistics in a computer-based tutorial system called the English Preposition Tutor. Training was designed based on the theoretical framework of the Competition Model and a cognitive linguistic analysis of prepositions. Sixty-four…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Schumann, John H. – Language Learning, 2013
It is generally accepted that second language (L2) acquisition becomes more difficult as one grows older and that success in adult L2 acquisition is highly variable. Nevertheless, humans in language contact situations have to cope with intergroup communication. This article examines the ways society has responded to this challenge. It describes…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Age, Official Languages, Linguistic Borrowing
Lee, Chee Ha; Kalyuga, Slava – Language Learning, 2011
This article reports the results of an experiment designed to investigate the effectiveness of pinyin (a phonic transcription system) in learning vocabulary of Chinese as a second language from the perspective of cognitive load theory. In the reported experiment, the learning effects of the vertical and horizontal layouts of characters, pinyin,…
Descriptors: Romanization, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Phonics
Tonzar, Claudio; Lotto, Lorella; Job, Remo – Language Learning, 2009
In this study we investigated the effects of two learning methods (picture- or word-mediated learning) and of word status (cognates vs. noncognates) on the vocabulary acquisition of two foreign languages: English and German. We examined children from fourth and eighth grades in a school setting. After a learning phase during which L2 words were…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Pictorial Stimuli, German

de Groot, Annette M. B.; Comijs, Hannie – Language Learning, 1995
Explores the "translation-recognition" task, using two experiments, one for adult Dutch learners of English and the second for people from the same population. Results suggest that translation recognition and translation production respond to the same manipulations, except when cognates and noncognates are focused on separately. (23…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Bilingualism, College Students, Comparative Analysis