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THE EFFECT OF EXPOSURE FREQUENCY ON INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE LEARNERS' INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AND RETENTION THROUGH READING

Rott, Susanne·1999·Studies in Second Language Acquisition
DOI 10.1017/s0272263199004039
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Research has been investigating the role of reading, as one source of input, in language learners' vocabulary development. The present study was designed to examine whether intermediate learners incidentally (a) acquire and (b) retain unknown vocabulary as a result of reading. The study further assessed (c) the effect of the text variable of exposure frequency. Learners were exposed to unfamiliar words either two, four, or six times during reading. Vocabulary acquisition and retention measured productive and receptive knowledge gain. Results indicated that only two encounters with unfamiliar words during reading significantly affected learners' vocabulary growth. Moreover, two or four exposure frequencies resulted in fairly similar word gain, but six exposures produced significantly more vocabulary knowledge. Retention measures showed mixed results: On productive vocabulary knowledge only half of the subjects displayed a significant rate of retention. On receptive knowledge all but one experimental group retained vocabulary over 4 weeks.

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Authors
Rott, S.
Affiliations
University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
Rott, Susanne
Venue
Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1999-12
Volume
21
Issue
4
Pages
589-619
ISSN
  • 0272-2631 (ISSN-L)
  • 1470-1545
DOI
10.1017/s0272263199004039
OpenAlex
W2063124740
Cited by
475
References
37
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
Studies in Second Language Acquisition (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Keywords
incidental vocabulary learning, vocabulary retention, exposure frequency, reading, second language learners, intermediate learners, receptive vocabulary knowledge, productive vocabulary knowledge, input frequency

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