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Students' Approaches to Vocabulary Learning and Their Relationship to Success.

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Kojic-Sabo, Izabella; Lightbown, Patsy M. – Modern Language Journal, 1999

Students' approaches to vocabulary learning were surveyed in two distinct learning environments: one in which English was studied as a second language (ESL), and another where it was a foreign language (EFL). A questionnaire was administered to 47 ESL and 43 EFL students about their vocabulary-learning activities. Cluster analysis identified eight…

Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, English (Second Language), Learning Activities, Learning Strategies

Classrooms as Lexical Environments.

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Meara, Paul; Lightbown, Patsy M.; Halter, Randall H. – Language Teaching Research, 1997

Explores the vocabulary available in English-as-a-Second-Language classes in which teachers have made a strong commitment to a communicative approach to language teaching. Provides an account of problems that were encountered in an attempt to establish a rich lexical environment in one classroom. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction