ERIC Number: EJ1383802
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0965-8416
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7565
Time Distribution and Intentional Vocabulary Learning through Repeated Reading: A Partial Replication and Extension
Serrano, Raquel; Huang, Hsiao-yun
Language Awareness, v32 n1 p1-18 2023
The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of different schedules of repeated reading practice on intentional vocabulary learning, and constitutes a partial replication and extension of the authors' previous study on incidental vocabulary learning. Two groups of Taiwanese EFL learners (n = 72) engaged in five repeated reading sessions; one group had the sessions on consecutive days (1-day intersession interval, ISI), whereas the other had them once a week (7-day ISI). Apart from reading for meaning, the students were also asked to focus on 36 target words. The students were tested before and immediately after the treatment. Moreover, a delayed posttest was scheduled at a retention interval (RI) of 4 and 28 days for the intensive group and spaced group respectively (considering an ISI/RI ratio of 25%). The results indicate that the short-spaced repeated reading sessions had a significantly more positive effect on vocabulary learning on both immediate and delayed posttest than the long-spaced sessions. The benefits of the short-spaced schedule were clearer in the current study on intentional vocabulary learning than in the authors' previous study on incidental learning through repeated reading.
Descriptors: Intentional Learning, Incidental Learning, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development, Foreign Countries, Reading Processes, Retention (Psychology), Grade 10, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 10; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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