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Further Evidence of the Comparative Memorability of Alliterative Expressions in Second Language Learning
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In: Education Publications (2014)
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Gauging the effects of exercises on verb–noun collocations
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In: Education Publications (2014)
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Many contemporary textbooks for English as a foreign language (EFL) and books for vocabulary study contain exercises with a focus on collocations, with verb–noun collocations (e.g. make a mistake) being particularly popular as targets for collocation learning. Common exercise formats used in textbooks and other pedagogic materials require learners to establish appropriate matches between sets of verbs and nouns. However, matching exercises almost inevitably carry a risk of erroneous connections, and despite corrective feedback these might leave undesirable traces in the learner’s memory. We report four small-scale trials (total n = 135) in which the learning gains obtained from verb–noun matching exercises are compared with the learning gains obtained from a format in which the target collocations are presented to the learners as intact wholes. Pre-test to post-test gains turned out small in all of the conditions, owing in part to the learners’ substitution of initially correct choices by distracters from the exercises. The latter, negative side-effect was attested more often in the matching exercises than in the exercises where the learners worked with collocations as intact wholes.
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Collocations; cross association; Education; exercise types; retention; TESOL
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URL: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=edupub
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Diagnostic Tests of English Vocabulary Learning Proficiency: Guessing From Context and Knowledge of Word Parts
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English language learning through viewing television: An investigation of comprehension, incidental vocabulary acquisition, lexical coverage, attitudes, and captions
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Learning Collocations: Do the Number of Collocates, Position of the Node Word, and Synonymy Affect Learning?
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Selecting Television Programs for Language Learning: Investigating Television Programs from the Same Genre
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In: International Journal of English Studies; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2011): New and Further Approaches to ESP Discourse: Genre Study in Focus; 117-135 ; International Journal of English Studies; Vol. 11 Núm. 1 (2011): New and Further Approaches to ESP Discourse: Genre Study in Focus; 117-135 ; 1989-6131 ; 1578-7044 (2011)
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Learning Collocations: Do the Number of Collocates, Position of the Node Word, and Synonymy Affect Learning?
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