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The Effects of Task Repetition on the Processing and Acquisition of Technical Vocabulary Through Video-Lecture-Based Tasks: A Mixed-Methods Study

Shi, Danni; Revesz, Andrea; Pellicer Sanchez, Ana; (2024) The Effects of Task Repetition on the Processing and Acquisition of Technical Vocabulary Through Video-Lecture-Based Tasks: A Mixed-Methods Study. Language Learning 10.1111/lang.12679. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

This study investigated how repeating a video-lecture-based task affects second language (L2) learners’ processing and incidental acquisition of technical vocabulary as well as the relationship between processing and lexical gains. The participants were 75 Chinese learners of L2 English. Thirty participants performed the task once (control group), whereas another 30 participants did the same task three times (repetition group). The two groups then completed unannounced vocabulary posttests. The remaining participants engaged in stimulated recall after performing the task once, twice, or three times. The repetition group made greater gains in vocabulary knowledge than the control group, and the repetition group's visual attention to the target words declined during repeated viewing. The amount of attention to the target words emerged as a predictor of delayed meaning recall, with task repetition decreasing the strength of this relationship. Stimulated-recall participants repeating the task reported increased awareness of specific aspects of the target words.

Type: Article
Title: The Effects of Task Repetition on the Processing and Acquisition of Technical Vocabulary Through Video-Lecture-Based Tasks: A Mixed-Methods Study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12679
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lang.12679
Language: English
Additional information: © 2024 The Author(s). Language Learning published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Language Learning Research Club, University of Michigan. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: task repetition, incidental learning, technical vocabulary, lecture viewing, eye-tracking
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198641
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