Based on the interactive theory of reading, this study mainly explored the etlects ot topic familiarity and second language proficiency on IVA (Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition) of second language through reading. ...Based on the interactive theory of reading, this study mainly explored the etlects ot topic familiarity and second language proficiency on IVA (Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition) of second language through reading. By using two different measures (translation production and selection), this study found: (1) Vocabulary can be acquired incidentally in reading passages; (2) There are no significant interactive effects of topic familiarity and second language proficiency on vocabulary acquisition, but the two independent variables of topic familiarity and second language proficiency exerted their positively significant effect on incidental vocabulary acquisition, and (3) As for the two vocabulary measures, learners can acquire more words in translation selection than in translation production.展开更多
文摘Based on the interactive theory of reading, this study mainly explored the etlects ot topic familiarity and second language proficiency on IVA (Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition) of second language through reading. By using two different measures (translation production and selection), this study found: (1) Vocabulary can be acquired incidentally in reading passages; (2) There are no significant interactive effects of topic familiarity and second language proficiency on vocabulary acquisition, but the two independent variables of topic familiarity and second language proficiency exerted their positively significant effect on incidental vocabulary acquisition, and (3) As for the two vocabulary measures, learners can acquire more words in translation selection than in translation production.