The incidental learning advantage occurs from as little as two exposures to multimodal stimuli in complete beginners¶
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q3 i2 In block 1, simple effects showed significantly higher accuracy for old than new words at each number of exposures from two to eight, including the two-exposure condition (ηp2 = .12). → Marie-Josée Bisson 2014
Evidence¶
Marie-Josée Bisson 2014¶
Marie-Josée Bisson, Walter J. B. van Heuven, Kathy Conklin, and Richard J. Tunney. (2014). The Role of Repeated Exposure to Multimodal Input in Incidental Acquisition of Foreign Language Vocabulary. Language Learning 64:4. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12085
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Simple effects analyses in block 1 of the translation recognition task (66 analyzed participants after exclusions) showed old words significantly higher than new words for two to eight exposures; the two-exposure contrast gave ηp2 = .12, with the article reporting all four contrasts significant.
"Furthermore, for block 1, simple effects analyses revealed that accuracy scores were significantly higher for the old words for each number of exposures, F1(1, 65) = 9.05, p < .01, ηp2 = .12"
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Related Claims¶
- Incidental multimodal exposure produces better explicit translation-recognition performance on previously exposed words than on new words in beginner FL learners — related
- No significant overall linear trend of exposure number on the incidental learning effect, though two exposures yield a significantly smaller effect than eight in block 1 — related
- Participants respond increasingly faster to stimuli presented more often during the incidental letter-search task — related
- Per-exposure learning gains decrease as the number of exposures increases: a small but significant negative linear trend in the normalized incidental learning effect — 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 — related
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The incidental learning advantage occurs from as little as two exposures to multimodal stimuli in complete beginners |
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The incidental learning advantage occurs from as little as two exposures to multimodal stimuli in complete beginners |
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