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Incidental lexical acquisition and the modification of glosses in intermediate Spanish
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Noe, Kelly Dawn
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Year and Degree
2004, Master of Arts, Miami University, Spanish.
Abstract
This study of incidental lexical acquisition is to determine what nature of marginal gloss (English translation, definition in Spanish or contextual sentence in target language) is the most conducive to word retention in the foreign language classroom of university intermediate-level Spanish learners. The duration of the study is eight weeks. The study consists of the following instruments: a pre-test in the target language (vocabulary checklist, spelling test, and reading comprehension), a reading excerpt with comprehension questions, and two post-tests. The results of this study indicate that there were no statistical differences in the retention of lexicon according to the type of gloss utilized by the student. However, the conclusions obtained in this study may offer pedagogical implications for foreign language classrooms and vocabulary retention rate in intermediate levels of proficiency in the future.
Committee
Nuria Lopez-Ortega (Advisor)
Pages
73 p.
Subject Headings
Language, Linguistics
Keywords
incidental lexical aquisition
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vocabulary learning
;
second langauge acquisition
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Noe, K. D. (2004).
Incidental lexical acquisition and the modification of glosses in intermediate Spanish
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1091560569
APA Style (7th edition)
Noe, Kelly.
Incidental lexical acquisition and the modification of glosses in intermediate Spanish.
2004. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1091560569.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Noe, Kelly. "Incidental lexical acquisition and the modification of glosses in intermediate Spanish." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1091560569
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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