The Way in Which Foreign Words Are Learned Determines Their Use in Isolation and within Sentences

Autor/inn/en	García-Gámez, Ana B.; Macizo, Pedro
Titel	The Way in Which Foreign Words Are Learned Determines Their Use in Isolation and within Sentences
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46 (2020) 2, S.364-379 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000721
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Vocabulary Development; Sentences; Semantics; Pictorial Stimuli; Classification; Graphemes; Teaching Methods; Cognitive Processes; Language Usage; Spanish; Artificial Languages; Foreign Countries; College Students; Word Recognition; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Wortschatzarbeit; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Semantik; Fantasieanregung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Sprachgebrauch; Spanisch; Ausland; Collegestudent; Worterkennung; Spanien
Abstract	We compared 2 learning methods for the acquisition of vocabulary in a second language (L2). In addition, the use of the new L2 words was evaluated both in isolation and within sentences. In the semantic method, L2 words and pictures denoting their meanings were presented and participants learned by practicing a semantic categorization task (to indicate whether new words were exemplars of semantic categories). In the lexical methods, individuals received L1-L2 word pairs and they performed a letter-monitoring task (to indicate whether L1-L2 words contained a grapheme). After training, compared with the lexical learning group, the semantic learning group showed: (a) no cost between training sessions, (b) better performance in out-of-context tasks (e.g., picture naming), and (c) an efficient processing of L2 words in sentences. The pattern of outcomes shows the advantage of semantic learning for the acquisition and the use of L2 words in isolation and within sentences. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01