Acquiring Second Language Vocabulary through Reading: A Replication of the Clockwork Orange Study Using Second Language Acquirers.

Pitts, Michael; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ397865

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Publication Date: 1989

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Acquiring Second Language Vocabulary through Reading: A Replication of the Clockwork Orange Study Using Second Language Acquirers.

Pitts, Michael; And Others

Reading in a Foreign Language, v5 n2 p271-75 Spr 1989

Adult second language acquirers were asked to read the first two chapters of "A Clockwork Orange," a novel containing a number of slang words of Russian origin. Subsequent testing revealed modest but significant incidental acquisition of nadsat words. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Adult Learning, English (Second Language), Measures (Individuals), Reading, Reading Research, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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