Differences in moment-to-moment comprehension do not correlate with gains in vocabulary recognition or acquisition of Japanese locative structures¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? There was no correlation found between differences in moment-to-moment comprehension and gains in vocabulary recognition and acquisition of structures. → Lester Loschky 1994

Evidence¶

Lester Loschky 1994¶

Lester Loschky. (1994). Comprehensible Input and Second Language Acquisition: What is the Relationship? Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Volume 16, Issue 3, pp. 303-323. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263100013103

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The experimental study measured both moment-to-moment comprehension during input exposure and subsequent retention of vocabulary items and acquisition of two Japanese locative structures. The article reports "no correlation found between differences in moment-to-moment comprehension and gains" on those measures. No correlation coefficient is printed.

"Furthermore, there was no correlation found between differences in moment-to-moment comprehension and gains in vocabulary recognition and acquisition of structures, though significant gains on both measures were found for all three groups."

Discussion¶

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