Learning L2 German vocabulary through reading: The effect of three enhancement techniques compared

Language Learning

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-151

  Peters, Elke ^a,d   Hulstijn, Jan H ^b   Sercu, Lies ^a   Lutjeharms, Madeline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d Lessius University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(repetition) task; Dictionary use; Enhancement technique; German; Incidental intentional learning; Reading; Vocabulary acquisition; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849127370     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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