Chapter 9. L2 Vocabulary Acquisition and Reading Comprehension: The Influence of Task Complexity

2006 ◽  
pp. 178-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elke Peters
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Task Complexity ◽  
L2 Vocabulary

scholarly journals Is Listening Comprehension a Comprehensible Input for L2 Vocabulary Acquisition?

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Saud Mushait ◽  
Mohammed Ali Mohsen
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Environment Type ◽  
L2 Vocabulary

Vocabulary learning has received considerable attention from reading comprehension input in second language acquisition research. However, a little is known about vocabulary gains from listening comprehension input. This paper aims to review L2 vocabulary gains from listening comprehension input in comparison to reading comprehension and reading while listening comprehension activities. We search for the terms “vocabulary learning”, “vocabulary acquisition”, and “listening comprehension” in several international databases to elicit target studies. The target studies have been reviewed in terms of focus, methodology employed, L2 environment, type of participants, and findings. Results of the review found that vocabulary acquisition from listening comprehension input was significant—though less than reading input—for long run and could be stored in long term memory. Therefore, it could be retrieved more easily than vocabulary from reading comprehension input. Recommendations and suggestions for future research have been given at the end of the article.

scholarly journals STRATEGIES IN IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH VOCABULARY ACQUISITION

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khairil Razali ◽  
Irhami Razali
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Large Vocabulary ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
L2 Learners ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
Basic Features

Vocabulary acquisition concerns on how people expand the numbers of words they understand when learning a new language. Knowing words in a second or foreign language is vitally important because the reader will be able to understand the written text well and the speaker will be able to communicate basic ideas through vocabulary even if the person does not understand how to create a grammatically correct sentence. As Madsen argued, “mastering vocabulary is the primary thing that every student should acquire in learning English” (Harold, 1983). Therefore, acquiring a sufficiently large vocabulary is one of the important tasks faced by L2 learners in order to comprehend the written texts in reading as one of the four basic features of language learning.

Memorization versus semantic mapping in L2 vocabulary acquisition

ELT Journal ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Khoii ◽  
S. Sharififar
Keyword(s):  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Semantic Mapping ◽  
L2 Vocabulary

De Invloed Van Snelheid Van Woordherkenning en Kennis Van Woordbetekenis op Nt2-Tekstbegrip

2000 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
Kirsten van Ingen
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Word Recognition ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
Significant Relation ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
L2 Learners ◽  
L2 Vocabulary

The performance in Dutch reading comprehension of advanced L2 learners still lags behind the performance of L1 learners. This study investigates the role of inefficient word recognition and knowledge of L2 vocabulary as two of the explanatory factors for problems with reading comprehension. The results of this study show that inefficient word recognition cannot account for problems with reading comprehension of L2-learners at the intermediate level of secondary education. There was no significant difference between the speed of word recognition between L2 learners and L1 learners. Nor was there relation between the score on reading comprehension and speed of word recognition. Knowledge of vocabulary does show differences between L2 learners and L1 learners. L2 learners score significantly less and, in contrast with the L1 learners, they show a significant relation between the knowledge of vocabulary and the score on reading comprehension.

A Review of CALL and L2 Reading

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance R. Askildson
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Second Language Reading ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
L2 Reading ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Incidental Vocabulary

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the present state of second language reading research and computer-assisted glossing for reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. Although computer-assisted language learning, in general, and computer-assisted glossing, in particular, are often cited as facilitative pedagogical and self-study tools for second language reading development (Chun, 2001; Al-Seghayer, 2003; Ko, 2005; Blake, 2007; Stockwell, 2011), the state of computer-assisted glossing research presents a much less compelling and far more nuanced picture of efficacy and facilitation (Ariew & Ercetin, 2004; Bowles, 2004; Taylor, 2006, 2009; AbuSeileek, 2008; Sato & Sazuki, 2010). Research on glossing for reading comprehension presents a mixed collection of findings suggesting facilitation (Leffa, 1992; Lomicka, 1998; Ko, 2005) and inhibition (Hegelheimer, 1997; Plass et al., 2003; Akbulut, 2005; Sakar & Ercetin, 2005), although affective and attentional benefits of glossing for reading comprehension are widely acknowledged. On the other hand, research on incidental vocabulary acquisition as a result of glossing – and particularly multimedia glossing – suggests significant effect and a compelling rationale for ulitization of glossing tools in classroom and self-study contexts (Ariew & Ercetin, 2004; AbuSeileek, 2008; Taylor, 2009; Stockwell, 2011; Aljabri, 2011).

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