Volume 28, No. 2 Special Issue: Celebrating Linguistically Diverse Learners of St. Louis: Responsive Research and Practice for Literacy Exploring learner factors in second language (L2) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading

Exploring learner factors in second language (L2) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading

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Volume 28, No. 2 Special Issue: Celebrating Linguistically Diverse Learners of St. Louis: Responsive Research and Practice for Literacy
contributor.author:
Zhao, Aiping Guo, Ying Biales, Carrie Olszewski, Arnold
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:24:16Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:24:16Z
date.issued:
2016-10
description.abstract:
This study examined the predictive role of several learner factors in second language (L2) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading, including: L2 proficiency, motivation, anxiety, and mastery of strategies. Participants were 129 English learners in a comprehensive university in China. Participants read two English texts and were given an unannounced vocabulary test to assess their incidental vocabulary acquisition. Their levels of motivation, anxiety, and mastery of strategies were measured by three specifically designed instruments that targeted incidental vocabulary acquisition. A multiple linear regression analysis revealed that L2 proficiency, anxiety, and mastery of strategies were positive and significant predictors of incidental vocabulary acquisition, although motivation was not. This confirms the role that learners’ linguistic, affective, and cognitive features play in L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition.
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endingpage:
245
identifier.doi:
10125/66903
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66903
number:
2
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
Lexis
site_url:
/rfl/item/353
startingpage:
224
subject:
incidental learning vocabulary acquisition L2 reading learner factors Chinesespeaking English learners
title:
Exploring learner factors in second language (L2) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading
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Special
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Text
volume:
28