第二语言词汇附带习得研究30年述评

A critical review of incidental L2 vocabulary acquisition in the past three decades

词汇附带习得指学习者在进行有意义的语言使用活动或学习任务时,其注意力并非在词汇上,却无意中增加了词汇知识,是一种注意力聚焦于其它活动时顺便出现的认知活动。本研究从二语词汇附带习得研究的源起、影响二语词汇附带习得的言内外因素、聚焦于形式以强化词汇附带习得效果的任务等方面对近30年国外第二语言词汇附带习得研究的发展进行述评,并从口语语篇、多模态话语和多词单位三个视角预测该领域的发展潜势。

Incidental vocabulary acquisition refers to the learning of vocabulary as a by-product of any activities not explicitly geared to lexical learning.This study summarizes and reviews the studies of incidental L2 vocabulary acquisition in the past three decades from the following aspects:its source,linguistic and nonlinguistic factors affecting incidental vocabulary acquisition,and Focus-on-Form tasks aiming to enhance incidental vocabulary acquisition.This article also makes predictions of future trends in this field from the perspectives of spoken discourse,multi-mode discourse and multi-lexical unit.