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The effect of productive vocabulary knowledge on second language comprehension

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Second language learners tend to focus more on learning the meaning of vocabulary than on how to use it in their speech and writing. Although comprehensive vocabulary knowledge is necessary for understanding sentences, productive vocabulary knowledge may
Takara Kenza Allal-Sumoto, Kiyofumi Miyoshi, Hiroaki Mizuhara   +2 more
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Learning English vocabulary from word cards: A research synthesis

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Researchers' interest in the learning of vocabulary from word cards has grown alongside the increasing number of studies published on this topic.
Yuanying Lei, Barry Lee Reynolds, Barry Lee Reynolds   +2 more
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Improving Productive Vocabulary Knowledge Through Writing [PDF]

Teaching English Language, 2008
To improve and activate the vocabulary of EFL learners, an alternative to common advice in trying to use them in speech can be invited. Mclaughlin, B. et al.
Seyyed Akbar Mirhassani, Majid Fatahipour   +1 more
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Productive collocation knowledge and advanced CEFR-levels in Swedish as a second language: A conceptual replication of Forsberg Lundell, Lindqvist & Edmonds (2018)

Journal of the European Second Language Association, 2021
This study constitutes a conceptual replication of Forsberg Lundell et al. (2018), who investigated whether productive collocation knowledge – a linguistic feature known to be indicative of high-level L2 proficiency – developed between the B2 and C1 ...
Julia Prentice, Fanny Forsberg Lundell
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Second language vocabulary teaching and learning: A commentary on four studies for the JALT vocabulary SIG

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2021
Four papers by Brandon Kramer, Tohru Matsuo, Aaron Sponseller, Young Ae Kim, Suzuka Nishiyama, and Stuart McLean, Stuart Benson and Naheen Madarbakus-Ring, Michael McGuire and Jennifer Larson-Hall, and Atsushi Mizumoto, Geoffrey Pinchbeck, and Stuart ...
David Beglar
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Loanwords for language learners: Help or hindrance?

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2016
Background: Loanwords are a growing component of the Japanese language. During the past six decades, the majority of new loanwords entering the Japanese language have come from the English language. For native Japanese speaking students, loanwords are a
Kaori Nakao
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Utilizing lexical data from a Web-derived corpus to expand productive collocation knowledge [PDF]

, 2009
Collocations are of great importance for second language learners, and a learner’s knowledge of them plays a key role in producing language fluently (Nation, 2001: 323).
Franken, Margaret, Witten, Ian H., Wu, Shaoqun   +2 more
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Productive Vocabulary Knowledge Predicts Acquisition of Spanish DOM in Brazilian Portuguese-Speaking Learners

Languages, 2022
Differential object marking (DOM) in Spanish refers to the overt morphological marking of certain direct objects. Specifically, this a-marking of direct objects is driven by animacy and usually precedes human objects.
Julio César López Otero, Abril Jimenez
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The economic and innovation contribution of universities: a regional perspective [PDF]

, 2009
Universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) have come to be regarded as key sources of knowledge utilisable in the pursuit of economic growth. Although there have been numerous studies assessing the economic and innovation impact of HEIs,
Abreu M, Andrew Johnston, Bank of England, Bok D, Braunerhjelm P, Charles D, Charles D, Charles D, Cooke P, Cooke P, Freeman C, Freeman C, Further and Higher Education Act, Gertler M, Gunasekara C, Huggins R, Huggins R, Huggins R, Johnson B, Kelly U, Kitson M, Lambert R, Lester R K, Nelson R, Nonaka I, ODPM, Porter M E, Robert Huggins, Sainsbury D, Saxenian A, Scott P, Slaughter S, Smilor R W, Storper M, SURF, IPP, The University of Manchester, ESRC, Tight M, Tödtling F, UNITE Network, Wellings P, Wolfe D   +39 more
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To know or not to know? Practices of knowledge and ignorance among Bidayuhs in an “impurely” Christian world [PDF]

, 2009
© Royal Anthropological Institute 2009. This is the accepted version of the following article: Chua, L. (2009), To know or not to know? Practices of knowledge and ignorance among Bidayuhs in an ‘impurely’ Christian world.
Chua, L
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