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Direct linkJudith Borràs; Àngels Llanes – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2024
Performing a stay in a country where the L2 is the official language can provide the perfect immersion for L2 development (traditional study abroad). In the case of English learners, internationalization and the role of English as a lingua franca make it unnecessary to perform the stay in an English-speaking country. Hence, an increasing number of…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, English (Second Language), Language Usage, Undergraduate Students
Perez, Maribel Montero; Peters, Elke; Clarebout, Geraldine; Desmet, Piet – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
This study examines how three captioning types (i.e., on-screen text in the same language as the video) can assist L2 learners in the incidental acquisition of target vocabulary words and in the comprehension of L2 video. A sample of 133 Flemish undergraduate students watched three French clips twice. The control group (n = 32) watched the clips…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Layout (Publications), Second Language Instruction
Vandereet, Joke; Maes, Bea; Lembrechts, Dirk; Zink, Inge – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: The aim of this study was to examine the degree to which children with intellectual disability (ID) depend on manual signs during their expressive vocabulary acquisition, in relation to child and social-environmental characteristics. Method: Expressive vocabulary acquisition in speech and manual signs was monitored over a 2-year period…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Mental Retardation, Speech Language Pathology, Vocabulary Development
Peters, Elke; Hulstijn, Jan H.; Sercu, Lies; Lutjeharms, Madeline – Language Learning, 2009
This study investigated three techniques designed to increase the chances that second language (L2) readers look up and learn unfamiliar words during and after reading an L2 text. Participants in the study, 137 college students in Belgium (L1 = Dutch, L2 = German), were randomly assigned to one of four conditions, forming combinations of two…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, College Students
Peters, Elke – Language Learning & Technology, 2007
This study explored the effect of two enhancement techniques on L2 learners' look-up behaviour during a reading task and word retention afterwards amongst Flemish learners of German: a Vocabulary Test Announcement and Task-induced Word Relevance. Eighty-four participants were recruited for this study. They were randomly assigned to one of two…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Dictionaries, Retention (Psychology)
