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Christopher Nicklin; Allie Patterson; Stuart McLean – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Proper nouns constitute a lexical class with special properties and are thus treated differently from other words by second language acquisition researchers. An assumption exists that even low-proficiency learners will find them unproblematic, yet research suggests this assumption might be misplaced. The present study involved two self-paced…
Descriptors: Nouns, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Reading Fluency
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Adam Dabrowski; Stuart McLean; Christopher Nicklin – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
Three modes of deliberate vocabulary study were investigated to determine how well they assisted learners' recall of the meaning of target concrete nouns. Two modes of tablet-based augmented reality, one context-independent (AR1) and one context-dependent (AR2), were compared with each other and with paper-based word cards (WC) in the deliberate…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Nouns, Tablet Computers, Computer Simulation