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Modeling the Role of Second Language Proficiency and Topic Familiarity in Second Language Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Through Reading
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The study examines the impact of topic familiarity, second language (L2) reading proficiency, and L2 passage sight vocabulary on incidental vocabulary acquisition. Independent variables include (a) a topic familiarity questionnaire, (b) the Adult Basic Learning Examination, Spanish Battery (Karlsen & Gardner, 1990), and (c) a passage sight vocabulary test. A repeated‐measures design was used with a cross‐sectional sample. Participants read narratives (2 more and 2 less familiar) containing nonsense words. Two and 28 days after reading, 2 gain measures were administered: (a) translation production and (b) translation recognition. Analyses reveal robust effects of reading proficiency, differential effects of topic familiarity, and isolated effects of passage sight vocabulary. The discussion concerns the impact of these factors and plausibility of interactive compensatory processing.
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“Several studies have reported positive effects of cultural familiarity on reading comprehension (Alptekin, 2006;Steffensen, Joag-Dev, & Anderson, 1979) and vocabulary learning (Pulido, 2003(Pulido, , 2004)).”
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- Authors
- Pulido, D.
- Affiliations
- Washington State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pulido, Diana
- Venue
- Language Learning
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2003-05-12
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 233-284
- ISSN
- 0023-8333 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9922
- OpenAlex
- W1575716360
- Cited by
- 181
- References
- 81
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Language Learning (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, second language reading, topic familiarity, reading proficiency, sight words, Spanish as a second language, translation production, translation recognition, compensatory processing
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