The Role of Context and Cognitive Effort in Vocabulary Learning: A Study of Intermediate‐Level Learners of Arabic

Abstract

Despite years of research on vocabulary learning and teaching, relatively little is known about strategies for effective mastery of vocabulary in less commonly taught languages. The current study focuses on English native speakers studying Modern Standard Arabic to identify effective ways to present and learn new vocabulary using tasks varying in the degree of lexical context provided and the amount of cognitive effort needed to complete them.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2015
Source ID
10.1111/modl.12191

Entities

People

  • Anita Bowles
  • Charles Blake
  • Debra Kramasz
  • Ewa Golonka
  • Noah Silbert
  • Tim Buckwalter

Organizations

  • American Councils for International Education
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Maryland

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies