An Investigation of Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in Relation to Learner Proficiency Level and Word Frequency

Autor/inn/en	Tekmen, E. Anne Ferrell; Daloglu, Aysegul
Titel	An Investigation of Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in Relation to Learner Proficiency Level and Word Frequency
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 39 (2006) 2, S.220-243 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
Schlagwörter	Vocabulary Development; Language Proficiency; Word Frequency; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Reading; Incidental Learning; Language Tests; Foreign Countries; College Students; Second Language Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wortschatzarbeit; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Leseprozess; Lesen; Inzidentelles Lernen; Language test; Sprachtest; Ausland; Collegestudent; Fremdsprachenunterricht
Abstract	This study examined the relationship between learners' incidental vocabulary acquisition and their level of proficiency, and between acquisition and word frequency in a text. Participants were Turkish learners of English at three proficiency levels. One reading text and four vocabulary tests were administered over a two-week period. Analyses of the data revealed that lexical gains from reading were significant for each group (p less than 0.05). The higher proficiency groups were able to acquire more words than lower level groups. Word frequency in the text was also a significant factor in vocabulary acquisition (p less than 0.05), with 29% of the variance in acquisition being accounted for by frequency. However, frequency did not play a greater role in the vocabulary acquisition of lower level learners than in that of higher level learners. (Contains 1 note, 8 tables and 4 figures.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10