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Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading

Pellicer-S�nchez, Ana

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Ana Pellicer-S�nchez



Abstract

Previous studies have shown that intentional learning through explicit instruction is effective for the acquisition of collocations in a second language (L2) (e.g. Peters, 2014, 2015), but relatively little is known about the effectiveness of incidental approaches for the acquisition of L2 collocations. The present study examined the incidental acquisition of collocational knowledge when learners encounter adjective-pseudoword collocations while reading. Forty-one L2 learners read a story containing six target collocations in a classroom setting. One week after the reading they were interviewed about their knowledge of the form, meaning and collocation of the target items (at recall and recognition levels). Participants were randomly assigned to one of two experimental groups, i.e. the 4-repetition group and the 8-repetition group. Results showed that collocational knowledge can be learnt incidentally from reading; that it is learnt at a similar rate to other lexical components such as form and meaning of individual words; and that the frequency manipulation in this study did not seem to have a significant effect on the acquisition of any of the aspects examined.

Citation

Pellicer-Sánchez, A. (in press). Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading. Language Teaching Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168815618428

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 26, 2015
Online Publication Date Dec 3, 2015
Deposit Date Aug 26, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Language Teaching Research
Print ISSN 1362-1688
Electronic ISSN 1477-0954
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168815618428
Keywords collocations, incidental learning, multi-word units, reading, vocabulary
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/770324
Publisher URL http://ltr.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/12/01/1362168815618428

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