The quality and frequency of encounters with vocabulary in an English for Academic Purposes programme

dc.contributor.author	Joe, Angela
dc.date.accessioned	2020-05-22T02:10:12Z
dc.date.available	2020-05-22T02:10:12Z
dc.date.issued	2010-04
dc.description.abstract	This longitudinal case study tracks an adult second-language (L2) learner’s quality and quantity of encounters with 20 vocabulary items in an English for Academic Purposes course over 3 months. The learner completed pretest and posttest vocabulary knowledge interviews, submitted course materials and notes for analysis, and was observed during class lessons. The results show that frequency of encounters contributes more to vocabulary learning than contextual richness does. In addition, the case study data illustrate the highly incremental nature of L2 vocabulary acquisition in a naturalistic context.
dc.identifier.doi	10125/66647
dc.identifier.issn	1539-0578
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66647
dc.publisher	University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisher	Center for Language & Technology
dc.subject	longitudinal
dc.subject	case study
dc.subject	vocabulary frequency
dc.subject	vocabulary depth
dc.subject	contextual richness
dc.subject	generative processing
dc.title	The quality and frequency of encounters with vocabulary in an English for Academic Purposes programme
dc.type	Article
dc.type.dcmi	Text
local.rfl.topic	Lexis
prism.endingpage	138
prism.number	1
prism.startingpage	117
prism.volume	22

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