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The Effect of Four Enhancement Techniques on Second Language (L2) Vocabulary Acquisition through Reading
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Zhao, Aiping Guo, Ying |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | This study investigated the differential and interactive effect of four enhancement techniques on L2 vocabulary acquisition through reading among 82 L2 English learners in China, with particular attention to receptive and productive vocabulary gain and retention. The four techniques are two enhancement techniques facilitating the search for word meanings, glosses and dictionaries, and two after-reading enhancement techniques, reading comprehension and reading comprehension plus a fill-in-blank vocabulary task. Students who were provided with glosses were found to have gained more receptive knowledge than those provided with dictionaries. Reading comprehension plus a vocabulary task was more effective in boosting both receptive and productive vocabulary gains than reading comprehension alone. An interactive effect of enhancement techniques facilitating the search for word meanings and after-reading enhancement techniques was found to be significant on receptive vocabulary gain, indicating that after-reading vocabulary task may be more effective in boosting receptive vocabulary gain when students are provided with glosses than dictionaries. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://caes.hku.hk/hkjalonline/issues/download_the_file.php?f=04_l2_vocabulary_acquisition_and_enhancement_techniques.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
