Vocabulary retention declines between immediate and first delayed recall, then rises slightly between the first and second delayed tests¶

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q3 i? Across all gloss conditions retention declined between the immediate and first delayed recall tests, but between the first and second delayed recall tests a slight increase in retention was observed for all groups including the control. → Cheng 2009

Evidence¶

Cheng 2009¶

Cheng, Y.-H., & Good, R. L. (2009). L1 glosses: Effects on EFL learners’ reading comprehension and vocabulary retention. Reading in a Foreign Language, 21(2), 119–142. http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl. doi:10.64152/10125/66828

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Descriptive analysis of the four vocabulary tests (Table 5, Figure 1) for the combined levels: gloss-group means rose from pretest to VocTest 1, declined on VocTest 2, and rose slightly on VocTest 3; the no-gloss group declined from pretest (M = 6.75) through VocTest 2 (M = 4.97).

"their retention declined between the immediate and first delayed vocabulary recall tests by 0.51 points, which was also observed in past studies (Huang, 2003; Watanabe, 1997). However, between the first and second delayed recall tests, a slight increase in retention was found for all conditions"

Discussion¶

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