Memorizing new words: Does teaching have anything to do with it?

RELC Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-108

  Laufer, Batia ^a   Shmueli, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644549037     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003368829702800106     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Anderson, R.C. and P. Freebody. 1981. Vocabulary and knowledge. In Comprehension and Teaching: Research Review, ed. J.T. Gutrie. Newark, International Reading Association. pp. 77-177.
2. Astika, Gusti, G. 1993. Analytical assessment of foreign students' writing. RELC Journal 24: 61-72.
3. Atkins, B.T. and F.F. Knowles. 1990. Interim report on the EURALEX/ AILA Research project into dictionary use. In BudaLEX 88 Proceedings, eds. I. Magay and J. Zigany. pp. 381-392.
4. Atkins, R.C. 1975. Mneumonics in second language learning. American Psychologist 30: 821-828.
5. Coady, J., J. Magott, P. Hubbard, J. Graney and K. Mokhtari. 1993. High frequency vocabulary and reading proficiency in ESL readers. In Second Language Reading and Vocabulary Acquisition, eds. T. Hucking, M. Haynes and J. Coady. ABLEX. pp. 217-228.
6. Cohen, A.D. 1987. ' Verbal and imagery mneumonics in second language vocabulary learning '. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 9: 43-62.
7. Cohen, A.D. and E. Aphek. 1981. Easifying second language learning. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 3: 221-236.
8. Dagut, M. 1977. Incongruencies in lexical gridding - an application of contrastive semantic analysis to language teaching. International Review of Applied Linguistics 15: 221-229.
9. Doughty, C. 1991. Second language instruction does make a difference: evidence from an empirical study of relativization. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 13: 431-469.
10. Engber, C. 1993. The relationship of lexis to quality in L2 compositions. Paper delivered at TESOL 1993.
11. Gefen, R. 1987. Increasing vocabulary teaching in Israel schools. English Teachers' Journal (Israel) 35 (June): 38-44.
12. Hindmarsh, R. 1980. Cambridge English Lexicon. Cambridge: CUP.
13. Hulstijn, J.H., M. Hollander and T. Greidanus. (forthcoming). Incidental vocabulary learning cuts no ice, or does it? The influence of marginal glosses, dictionary use, and reoccurrence of unfamiliar words on incidental vocabulary learning. Modern Language Journal.
14. Kelly, P. 1986. Solving the vocabulary retention problem. ITL Review of Applied Linguistics 74: 1-16.
15. Koda, K. 1989. The effects of transferred vocabulary knowledge on the development of L2 reading proficiency. Foreign Language Annals 22: 529-540.
16. Laufer, B. 1991. How much lexis is necessary for reading comprehension? In Vocabulary and Applied Linguistics, eds. H. Bejoint and P. Arnaud. Macmillan.
17. Mondria, J.R. and M. Wit-de Boer. (1991). The effects of contextual richness on the guessability and the retention of words in a foreign language. Applied Linguistics 12: 249-267.
18. Mondria, J.A. 1993. The effects of different types of context and different types of learning activity on the retention of foreign language words. Paper presented at the 10th AILA Congress, Amsterdam.
19. Nation, I.S.P. 1982. Beginning to learn foreign vocabulary: a review of research. RELC Journal 13 / 1: 14-36.
20. - 1990. Teaching and Learning Vocabulary. Newbury House.
21. Palmberg, R. 1987. Patterns of vocabulary development in foreign-language learners. SSLA 9: 201-220.
22. - 1988. Computer games and foreign language vocabulary learning. ELT Journal 42: 247-252.
23. Piotrowski, T. 1989. Monolingual and bilingual dictionaries: fundamental differences. In Learners' Dictionaries: State of the Art ed. M. Tickoo. RELC Anthology Series 23 SEAMEO RELC. pp. 72-83. Piotrowski, T. 1989.
24. Rivers, W. and M. Temperley. 1978. A Practical Guide to the Teaching of English. N.Y.: OUP.
25. Saragi, T., I.S.P. Nation and G.F. Meister. 1978. Vocabulary learning and reading. System 6: 72-78.
26. Schmidt, R. 1990. The role of consciousness in second language learning. Applied Linguistics 11: 129-158.
27. - 1992. Awareness and second language acquisition. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 13: 206-226.
28. Schouten-van Parreren, C. 1989. Vocabulary learning through reading: which conditions should be met when presenting words in texts ? AILA Review 6: 5-85.
29. Wodinsky, M. and P. Nation. 1988. Learning from graded readers. Reading in a Foreign Language 5: 155-161.
30. Yano, Y., M. Long and S. Ross. 1994. The effects of simplified and elaborated texts on foreign language reading comprehension. Language Learning 44: 189-219.