Effective Treatment of Vocabulary when Teaching L2 Reading: The Example of Yoko Tawada’s Wo Europa anfängt

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dc.contributor.authorFichtner, Friederike
dc.contributor.authorBarcroft, Joe
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-14T23:19:38Z
dc.date.available2021-10-14T23:19:38Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-15
dc.description.abstractSecond language (L2) learners comprehend more when they are prepared for novel vocabulary that they encounter in a text. Input-based incremental (IBI) vocabulary instruction (Barcroft, 2012) provides L2 instructors and learners with a means of achieving this goal by (a) presenting optimal input to learners at the right time during a reading-focused lesson and (b) promoting the gradual development of different aspects of word knowledge over time. The approach draws on theoretical advances and research findings related to lexical input processing, including the benefits of acoustically varied input and opportunities for target word retrieval. This paper explains the IBI approach and demonstrates how it can be applied when teaching authentic texts, using as an example L2 German and Wo Europa anfängt (1991) by Yoko Tawada, a narrative that addresses themes such as transnationalism, migration, borders, and cultural identity.
dc.identifier.citationFichtner, F., & Barcroft, J. (2021). Effective treatment of vocabulary when teaching L2 reading: The example of Yoko Tawada’s Wo Europa anfängt. Reading in a Foreign Language, 33(2), 263–277. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/67406
dc.identifier.issn1539-0578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/67406
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.subjectlexical input processing
dc.subjectvocabulary learning
dc.subjectinput-based incremental
dc.subjectL2 reading
dc.subjectGerman
dc.titleEffective Treatment of Vocabulary when Teaching L2 Reading: The Example of Yoko Tawada’s Wo Europa anfängt
dc.typeFeature
dc.type.dcmiText
local.rfl.topicNew Directions in Reading Research
prism.endingpage277
prism.number2
prism.publicationnameReading in a Foreign Language
prism.startingpage263
prism.volume33

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