Using the Web as Input and Discourse Interactions for the Acquisition of Vocabulary

 

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Author: Mora Piedra, Marco Antonio
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2016
Description:The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Web multimodality plus dialogical interactions in the acquisition and retention of novel lexical items among EFL students. The lexical acquisition of 107 1st-year English majors at the University of Costa Rica was analyzed through Simultaneous Multiple Linear Regression. Treatment A group, exposed to multiple Web input and allowed to discuss their findings dialogically, was compared to an only-Web group and a Control group. The results of the regression were statistically significant [R2 = .677, F (3, 78) = 54.60, p < .001] and the unstandardized coefficients indicated that the marginal mean of the Web plus dialogue group (34.69, p < .001) was statistically different to the Web-only and Control groups (-6.26, p = .047; -24.40, p < .001). The results of this study have pedagogical implications by informing practitioners about student preferences when integrating multi-modality into foreign language vocabulary acquisition and the intrinsic value of dialogical interactions in the construction of meaning. 
Country:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/24684
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/24684
Access Level:acceso abierto
Keyword:Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition (SLVA)
mental lexicon
multimodality
dialogical interactions
word frequency
Adquisión de Vocabulario en una Lengua Extranjera (SVLA)
léxico mental
multimodalidad
interacciones diabólicas
frecuencia de palabras