The Effect of Number and Presentation Order of High-Constraint Sentences on Second Language Word Learning.

ABSTRACT: This paper presents the results of an experiment that investigated the effects of number and presentation order of high-constraint sentences on semantic processing of unknown second language (L2) words (pseudowords) through reading. All participants were Chinese native speakers who learned English as a foreign language. In the experiment, sentence constraint and order of different constraint sentences were manipulated in English sentences, as well as L2 proficiency level of participants. We found that the number of high-constraint sentences was supportive for L2 word learning except in the condition in which high-constraint exposure was presented first. Moreover, when the number of high-constraint sentences was the same, learning was significantly better when the first exposure was a high-

SUBMITTER: Ma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5024562 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature