The Influence of Incidental and Intentional Vocabulary Acquisition and Vocabulary Strategy Use on Learning L2 Vocabularies
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This study is an attempt to investigate the role of incidental and intentional vocabulary acquisition in addition to the influence of language learning strategy: namely, the use of vocabulary strategy by Iranian EFL learners in learning new vocabularies.Accordingly, this study is two-faceted.First, Part A examines the difference between different modes of presentation, incidental and intentional learning of new vocabularies (i.e., incidental, etymology-based intentional, and meaning-based intentional), and acquisition of new vocabularies.Part B investigates the impact of the use of language learning strategies-in this case vocabulary and reading strategy use using The Language Strategy Use Inventory-on the learning of new vocabularies.Part A, studying the influence of incidental as opposed to intentional presentation and acquisition of vocabularies, involved 30 students (i.e., 26 males and 4 females).Part B of the study, investigating the role of vocabulary learning strategy use, involved 59 students (i.e., 49 males and 10 females).The results of Part A shown by t-test indicate that, as far as performance of the students on a test of vocabulary acquisition is concerned, there is no significant difference between the two modes-incidental and intentional learning.However, for the same part, linear regression proved that among the vocabularies presented through different modes of presentation, it is vocabularies learned through meaning-based intentional mode that is the most predictive of the performance of the students on a test of vocabulary acquisition.Moreover, as for part B, the study found that there is a positive, but weak, correlation between the students' vocabulary strategy usemeasured by students filling out a self-report questionnaire entitled The Language Strategy Use Inventory developed by Cohen, A, Oxford, L. R, and Chi.J. -and their learning of new vocabularies.Finally, the findings of part B of the study indicate that, as the degree to which the students' use of vocabulary strategy use increases, so does their use of reading strategy use.
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- Authors
- Alemi, M., & Tayebi, A.
- Affiliations
- Sharif University of Technology (IR)
- Venue
- Journal of Language Teaching and Research
- Publisher
- Academy Publication
- Published
- 2011-01-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1798-4769 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1973089687
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- FWCI
- 7.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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- Journal of Language Teaching and Research (publishedVersion)
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- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Intellectum (Universidad de La Sabana) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Keywords
- incidental vocabulary learning, intentional vocabulary learning, vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary learning strategies, reading strategies, presentation format, EFL learners, Iranian learners
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