The present study aims at exploring the effects of different glosses and involvement loads on incidental vocabulary acquisition among non-English majors.It investigates whether glosses and involvement load would have ...The present study aims at exploring the effects of different glosses and involvement loads on incidental vocabulary acquisition among non-English majors.It investigates whether glosses and involvement load would have an effect on the learners’immediate word gain and promote their word knowledge retention.The experiment chooses 96 non-English freshmen at a university in Si Chuan Province.Results indicate that Translation task with multiple-choice glosses is the most effective,and reading comprehension task with single glosses is the worst.展开更多
This study explores the effects of two affective factors,reading anxiety and learning motivation on incidental vocabulary acquisition(IVA)under Chinese context.Fifty-two sophomores form a comprehensive university in s...This study explores the effects of two affective factors,reading anxiety and learning motivation on incidental vocabulary acquisition(IVA)under Chinese context.Fifty-two sophomores form a comprehensive university in southern China were enrolled in this study;data were collected through questionnaires,IVA test,and semi-structured interviews.This study identified the signifi⁃cant relationship between IVA and learning motivation but reading anxiety was non-significant.The findings contributed empirical evidence to the effects of affective factors on Chinese students’incidental vocabulary acquisition.展开更多
文摘The present study aims at exploring the effects of different glosses and involvement loads on incidental vocabulary acquisition among non-English majors.It investigates whether glosses and involvement load would have an effect on the learners’immediate word gain and promote their word knowledge retention.The experiment chooses 96 non-English freshmen at a university in Si Chuan Province.Results indicate that Translation task with multiple-choice glosses is the most effective,and reading comprehension task with single glosses is the worst.
文摘This study explores the effects of two affective factors,reading anxiety and learning motivation on incidental vocabulary acquisition(IVA)under Chinese context.Fifty-two sophomores form a comprehensive university in southern China were enrolled in this study;data were collected through questionnaires,IVA test,and semi-structured interviews.This study identified the signifi⁃cant relationship between IVA and learning motivation but reading anxiety was non-significant.The findings contributed empirical evidence to the effects of affective factors on Chinese students’incidental vocabulary acquisition.
