Adult (university) participants outperform kindergarten/elementary children in incidental spoken L2 word learning¶
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q3 i3 University participants showed a significant 0.92 increase in effect-size magnitude compared to kindergarten/elementary school participants. → de Vos 2018
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de Vos 2018¶
de Vos, J. F., Schriefers, H., Nivard, M. G., & Lemhöfer, K. (2018). A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Incidental Second Language Word Learning from Spoken Input. Language Learning. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12296
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Meta-regression (Model 2, k = 102) with age group as a fixed predictor. The university-versus-kindergarten/elementary contrast was significant (β = 0.92, p = .02); the article reports "a significant 0.92 increase in effect-size magnitude for participants in university".
"there was a significant 0.92 increase in effect-size magnitude for participants in university compared to kindergarten/elementary school"
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Learner Variables¶
- Oral Language — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Meaning-focused exposure to spoken L2 input yields large vocabulary gains (g = 1.05) in incidental word learning — related
- L2 proficiency positively predicts L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading — related
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Adult (university) participants outperform kindergarten/elementary children in incidental spoken L2 word learning |
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Adult (university) participants outperform kindergarten/elementary children in incidental spoken L2 word learning |
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2018 |
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