Volume 20, No. 2 Special Issue: Reading and Vocabulary The virtuous circle: Modeling individual differences in L2 reading and vocabulary development

The virtuous circle: Modeling individual differences in L2 reading and vocabulary development

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Volume 20, No. 2 Special Issue: Reading and Vocabulary
contributor.author:
Pulido, Diana Hambrick, David Z.
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:06:31Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:06:31Z
date.issued:
2008-10
description.abstract:
The present study investigated the relative contributions of experiential and ability factors to second language (L2) passage comprehension and L2 vocabulary retention. Participants included a cross section of 99 adult learners of Spanish as a foreign language enrolled in beginning through advanced level university Spanish courses. Participants completed a standardized reading proficiency test (Adult Basic Learning Examination, Spanish version) to verify a range in proficiency, a checklist and translation passage sight vocabulary test, and a written recall in the native language of the 4 passages that were read. Vocabulary retention was measured at 2 time intervals by a multiple-choice test of receptive retention of meaning of targeted vocabulary. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). Results revealed consistent support for the following model: (a) Language processing experience positively influenced L2 passage sight vocabulary; (b) L2 passage sight vocabulary positively influenced narrative passage comprehension; and (c) L2 comprehension positively influenced L2 vocabulary growth.
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endingpage:
190
identifier.doi:
10125/66821
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66821
number:
2
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
Lexis
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/rfl/item/175
startingpage:
164
subject:
sight vocabulary reading comprehension incidental vocabulary learning SEM language processing experience
title:
The virtuous circle: Modeling individual differences in L2 reading and vocabulary development
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Article
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Text
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20