Incidental vocabulary learning anxiety positively predicts L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2 · i2 medium
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Subclaims¶

q2 i2 Anxiety measured by the IVLAS was a significant positive predictor of incidental vocabulary acquisition (β = .21). → Zhao 2016

Evidence¶

Zhao 2016¶

Zhao, A., Guo, Y., Biales, C., & Olszewski, A. (2016). Exploring learner factors in second language (L2) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading. Reading in a Foreign Language, 28(2). http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl doi:10.64152/10125/66903

q2 · i2 · associational · r2

In the same multiple linear regression (N = 129), anxiety as measured by the IVLAS was a significant positive predictor, "β = .21, t = 2.54, p < .05". Anxiety was measured with a 10-item context-specific scale (α = 0.81).

"anxiety (β = .21, t = 2.54, p < .05), and mastery of strategies (β = .20, t = 2.04, p < .05) were significant positive predictors of L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Affect Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Academic Anxiety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• L2 anxiety is negatively correlated with L2 achievement, with a mean correlation of r = −.36 across 216 effect sizes — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it

• Math anxiety has a small-to-moderate negative correlation with math achievement (r = −.28) in a meta-analysis of correlations from 223 studies — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it

• L2 proficiency positively predicts L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading — related
• Mastery of incidental vocabulary learning strategies positively predicts L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading — related
• Motivation did not significantly predict L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading — related
• L2 proficiency, anxiety, and mastery of strategies jointly explain 18% of variance in incidental vocabulary acquisition — related
• Higher L2 reading proficiency, motivation, and involvement load are associated with larger incidental vocabulary gains — related