Putting it into Context: How Exposure to Rich and Meaningful Contexts can Activate Productive Oral Vocabulary
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| Title: | Putting it into Context: How Exposure to Rich and Meaningful Contexts can Activate Productive Oral Vocabulary |
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| Authors: | Bianca Mister, Honglin Chen, Amanda Baker |
| Source: | Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. 2023 46(3):373-394. |
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| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 22 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Adult Education |
| Descriptors: | Oral Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development, Grammar, Semantics, Phonology, Correlation, Metalinguistics, Workshops, Adult Students, Pronunciation Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1075/aral.21058.mis |
| ISSN: | 0155-0640 1833-7139 |
| Abstract: | Developing L2 learners' productive mastery of vocabulary is a challenging task. Recent research has called for greater attention to understanding how receptive vocabulary may be transformed for productive use (Schmitt, 2019). Using a design-based research methodology, this study investigated adult ESL learners' productive oral vocabulary development through engaging them in a series of classroom workshops where they were exposed to nine target words in five different contexts. Findings suggest that such exposure to words combined with phonological form-focused elaboration facilitates the development of metalinguistic awareness, specifically the associations between grammatical patterns and word meaning, leading to subsequent productive use of target words. The paper contributes to the understanding that vocabulary training combining a focus on meaning with a focus on phonological and grammatical form may enhance form-meaning mapping, leading to productive oral vocabulary development. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1406762 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Developing L2 learners' productive mastery of vocabulary is a challenging task. Recent research has called for greater attention to understanding how receptive vocabulary may be transformed for productive use (Schmitt, 2019). Using a design-based research methodology, this study investigated adult ESL learners' productive oral vocabulary development through engaging them in a series of classroom workshops where they were exposed to nine target words in five different contexts. Findings suggest that such exposure to words combined with phonological form-focused elaboration facilitates the development of metalinguistic awareness, specifically the associations between grammatical patterns and word meaning, leading to subsequent productive use of target words. The paper contributes to the understanding that vocabulary training combining a focus on meaning with a focus on phonological and grammatical form may enhance form-meaning mapping, leading to productive oral vocabulary development. |
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| ISSN: | 0155-0640 1833-7139 |
| DOI: | 10.1075/aral.21058.mis |
