Number of exposures was the strongest predictor of incidental vocabulary learning of both word form and meaning¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Number of exposures was the strongest predictor of vocabulary learning, for both word form and word meaning. → Aline Godfroid 2017

Evidence¶

Aline Godfroid 2017¶

Aline Godfroid, Jieun Ahn, Ina Choi, Laura Ballard, Yaqiong Cui, Suzanne Johnston, Shinhye Lee, Abdhi Sarkar and Hyung-Jo Yoon (2017). Incidental vocabulary learning in a natural reading context: an eye-tracking study. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, Volume 21, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728917000219

q3 · i? · associational · r?

In the eye-tracking study of native and non-native English speakers reading an authentic novel, "Number of exposures was the strongest predictor of vocabulary learning (form and meaning)". The predictor result comes from the study's growth curve modeling; no effect size is printed.

"Number of exposures was the strongest predictor of vocabulary learning (form and meaning), while total reading time independently contributed to the learning of word meaning"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Reading times on unfamiliar words decrease non-linearly, following an S-shaped curve, as exposures accumulate during natural reading — related
• Total reading time independently contributed to the learning of word meaning — related
• The more often learners meet a word while reading, the more likely they are to learn it incidentally; a meta-analysis of correlational studies finds a moderate correlation — a broader claim this one bears on
• Native-speaker children have about 2,500 words at school entry and vocabulary growth becomes exponential once independent reading begins — related