Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Foreign Language Acquisition

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Multilingual Matters, 2008 - 197 pages
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The book discusses vocabulary learning strategies as an integral subgroup of language learning strategies. It defines language learning strategies in general and their features on the basis of cognitive theory and relevant models of second language acquisition as the basis for empirical research. Furthermore, the book gives a survey of research on vocabulary learning strategies and describes three original empirical studies. Thus, the book attempts at integrating the approaches of theories of second language acquisition, the theory and practice of instructed foreign language learning, and the findings of current empirical research.
 

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Table des matières

Main study
98
The Relationship Between Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Vocabulary Teaching Strategies
105
Research questions
107
Results
110
Discussion
121
Conclusion
132
A Crosslinguistic Study of Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Elementary School Learners
134
Aim
135
Discussion and conclusions
143
Summary Some Implications for Practice and Research and Conclusions
146
Implications for Practice and Future Research
149
Vocabulary Learning Strategies Questionnaire Pilot Version
152
VOLSQUES Vocabulary Learning Strategy Questionnaire for Elementary Schools
157
Results of the Factor Analyses Pilot Study
161
Vocabulary Teaching Strategies Criteria and Results of Analyses
172
References
184
Index
195
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Page 26 - ... mentalistic" flavor. Meaning is not an implicit response but a clearly articulated and precisely differentiated conscious experience that emerges when potentially meaningful signs, symbols, concepts, or propositions are related to, and incorporated within, a given individual's cognitive structure on a nonarbitrary and substantive...
Page 51 - Cohen (1998, p. 4) defines language learning (and language use) strategies as: those processes which are consciously selected by learners and which may result in action taken to enhance the learning or use of a second or foreign language, through the storage, retention, recall, and application of information about that language.
Page 184 - Anderson, JR (1995). Learning and Memory: An Integrated Approach. New York: Wiley.
Page 51 - ... the behaviours and thoughts that a learner engages in during learning that are intended to influence the learner's encoding processes.
Page 71 - COG Flash cards COG Take notes in class COG Use the vocabulary section in your textbook COG Listen to tape of word lists COG Put English labels on physical objects COG Keep a vocabulary notebook MET Use English-language media (songs, movies, newscasts, etc.) MET Testing oneself with word tests MET Use spaced word practice MET Skip or pass new word MET Continue to study word over time...
Page 69 - Strategies for the discovery of a new word's meaning DET Analyse part of speech DET Analyse affixes and roots DET Check for LI cognate DET Analyse any available pictures or gestures DET Guess from textual context DET Bilingual dictionary DET Monolingual dictionary DET Word lists DET Flash cards SOC Ask teacher for an LI translation SOC Ask teacher for paraphrase or synonym of new word SOC Ask teacher for a sentence including the new word SOC Ask classmates for meaning SOC Discover new meaning through...
Page 35 - If the goal is to comprehend an oral or written text, and I am unable to identify a word's meaning, then I will try to infer the meaning from context.
Page 70 - Use new words in sentences MEM Group words together within a storyline MEM Study the spelling of a word MEM Study the sound of a word MEM Say new word aloud when studying MEM Image word form MEM Underline initial letter of the word MEM Configuration MEM Use Keyword Method MEM Affixes and roots (remembering) MEM Part of speech (remembering) MEM Paraphrase the word's meaning MEM Use cognates in study MEM Learn the words of an idiom together MEM Use physical action when learning a word MEM Use semantic...
Page 70 - MEM Use semantic maps MEM Use 'scales' for gradable adjectives MEM Peg Method MEM Loci Method MEM Group words together to study them MEM Group words together spatially on a page MEM Use new word in sentences MEM Group words together within a storyline MEM Study the spelling of a word MEM Study the sound of a word MEM Say new word aloud when studying MEM Image word form MEM Underline initial letter of the word MEM Configuration MEM Use Keyword Method MEM Affixes and roots (remembering...

À propos de l'auteur (2008)

ViÅ nja PaviÄ iÄ äÌ TakaÄ obtained her BA in English and German language and literature from the University of Osijek, Croatia, and her MA and PhD from the University of Zagreb, Croatia. After working as a primary school teacher of English, she was appointed teaching assistant for the English language and ELT methodology at the Faculty of Philosophy University of Osijek, Croatia. As a guest lecturer, she has also taught at universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the postgraduate course on foreign language learning strategies at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Her professional and research interests include individual differences in foreign language learning, language learning strategies, interlanguage, cross-linguistic studies, as well as pre-service teacher education and foreign language teachers? competence. She is currently an assistant professor and teaches a variety of under- and postgraduate courses related to theory and practice of foreign language acquisition.

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