Volume 20, No. 2 Special Issue: Reading and Vocabulary
contributor.author:
Alessi, Stephen Dwyer, Angelique
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:06:57Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:06:57Z
date.issued:
2008-10
description.abstract:
Intermediate learners of Spanish read a Spanish newspaper article with vocabulary assistance either before reading, while reading, both, or without any such assistance. Reading performance was significantly better for students receiving vocabulary assistance during reading, but not for those receiving it before reading. Reading time of the newspaper article was less for students receiving prereading vocabulary assistance, but total lesson time (the prereading time plus reading time) was more for those students. Given the particular activities of this study, a vocabulary activity before reading appears to speed up reading without affecting comprehension, while vocabulary assistance during reading appears to improve comprehension without affecting speed.
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Previous issue date: 2008-10
endingpage:
263
identifier.doi:
10125/66815
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66815
number:
2
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
Lexis
site_url:
/rfl/item/179
startingpage:
246
subject:
vocabulary second language reading prereading hypertext glossing
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