Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading
Previous studies have shown that intentional learning through explicit instruction is effective for the acquisition of collocations in a second language (L2) (e.g. Peters, 2014, 2015), but relatively little is known about the effectiveness of incidental approaches for the acquisition of L2 collocati...
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| description | Previous studies have shown that intentional learning through explicit instruction is effective for the acquisition of collocations in a second language (L2) (e.g. Peters, 2014, 2015), but relatively little is known about the effectiveness of incidental approaches for the acquisition of L2 collocations. The present study examined the incidental acquisition of collocational knowledge when learners encounter adjective-pseudoword collocations while reading. Forty-one L2 learners read a story containing six target collocations in a classroom setting. One week after the reading they were interviewed about their knowledge of the form, meaning and collocation of the target items (at recall and recognition levels). Participants were randomly assigned to one of two experimental groups, i.e. the 4-repetition group and the 8-repetition group. Results showed that collocational knowledge can be learnt incidentally from reading; that it is learnt at a similar rate to other lexical components such as form and meaning of individual words; and that the frequency manipulation in this study did not seem to have a significant effect on the acquisition of any of the aspects examined. |
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| spelling | nottingham-360472020-05-04T17:28:15Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36047/ Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading Pellicer-Sánchez, Ana Previous studies have shown that intentional learning through explicit instruction is effective for the acquisition of collocations in a second language (L2) (e.g. Peters, 2014, 2015), but relatively little is known about the effectiveness of incidental approaches for the acquisition of L2 collocations. The present study examined the incidental acquisition of collocational knowledge when learners encounter adjective-pseudoword collocations while reading. Forty-one L2 learners read a story containing six target collocations in a classroom setting. One week after the reading they were interviewed about their knowledge of the form, meaning and collocation of the target items (at recall and recognition levels). Participants were randomly assigned to one of two experimental groups, i.e. the 4-repetition group and the 8-repetition group. Results showed that collocational knowledge can be learnt incidentally from reading; that it is learnt at a similar rate to other lexical components such as form and meaning of individual words; and that the frequency manipulation in this study did not seem to have a significant effect on the acquisition of any of the aspects examined. SAGE 2015-12-03 Article PeerReviewed Pellicer-Sánchez, Ana (2015) Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading. Language Teaching Research . pp. 1-22. ISSN 1477-0954 collocations incidental learning multi-word units reading vocabulary http://ltr.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/12/01/1362168815618428 doi:10.1177/1362168815618428 doi:10.1177/1362168815618428 |
| spellingShingle | collocations incidental learning multi-word units reading vocabulary Pellicer-Sánchez, Ana Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading |
| title | Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading |
| title_full | Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading |
| title_fullStr | Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading |
| title_short | Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading |
| title_sort | learning l2 collocations incidentally from reading |
| topic | collocations incidental learning multi-word units reading vocabulary |
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