Academic Listening: A Source of Vocabulary Acquisition?.

Vidal, Karina

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ERIC Number: EJ662879

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Academic Listening: A Source of Vocabulary Acquisition?

Vidal, Karina

Applied Linguistics, v24 n1 p56-89 Mar 2003

Presents a study of the acquisition of English-as-a-Foreign-Language vocabulary through academic listening. Explored the effects of EFL proficiency and lecture comprehension on vocabulary acquisition as well as the relationship between vocabulary gain and the following factors: frequency of occurrence, types of word, type of word elaboration, and predictability from word form and parts. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Academic Discourse, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Lecture Method, Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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