Tjan Yuet Fong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-117). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / ABSTRACT / Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT STUDY --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- The need for enlarging EFL learners' vocabulary size in Hong Kong --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Task-based learning in English classrooms in Hong Kong --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRESENT STUDY --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- ORGANIZATION OF THESIS --- p.4 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- ROLE OF VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE IN L2 ACQUISITION --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- ROLE OF INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY LEARNING IN L2 ACQUISIITON --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION IN L2 LEARNER-LEARNER ORAL INTERACTION TASKS --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Incidental vocabulary acquisition in L2 oral context --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.1.1 --- Significance of oral context --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3.1.2 --- Current studies on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition in oral context --- p.11 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Learner-learner oral interaction tasks --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3.2.1 --- Significance of learner-learner interaction from the perspective of acquisition --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3.2.2 --- Significance of learner-learner interaction tasks from the perspective of pedagogy --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- FACTORS CONDUCIVE TO L2 INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION --- p.14 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Noticing --- p.14 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Depth of processing --- p.15 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Role of input comprehension in L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.16 / Chapter 2.4.3.1 --- Theoretical claims for the significance of input comprehension --- p.16 / Chapter 2.4.3.2 --- Theoretical claims against the significance of input comprehension --- p.17 / Chapter 2.4.3.3 --- Empirical evidence for the significance of input comprehension --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4.3.4 --- Empirical evidence against the significance of input comprehension --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- Role of negotiation in L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.19 / Chapter 2.4.4.1 --- Negotiation --- p.19 / Chapter 2.4.4.2 --- Comprehending negotiated input and L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4.4.2.1 --- Theoretical claims for the significance of negotiated input --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4.4.2.2 --- Theoretical claims against the significance of negotiated input --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4.4.2.3 --- Empirical evidence for the significance of negotiated input --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4.4.2.4 --- Empirical evidence against the significance of negotiated input --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4.4.3 --- Producing negotiated output and L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4.4.3.1 --- Theoretical claims for the significance of negotiated output --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4.4.3.2 --- Theoretical claims against the significance of negotiated output --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4.4.3.3 --- Empirical evidence on the significance of negotiated output --- p.26 / Chapter 2.5 --- LACK OF RESEARCH ON THIS AREA IN THE HONG KONG CONTEXT --- p.28 / Chapter 2.6 --- RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES --- p.28 / Chapter 2.7 --- SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER --- p.30 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- RESEARCH DESIGN --- p.31 / Chapter 3.1 --- SELECTION OF SUBJECTS --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2 --- INSTRUMENTATON --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Test items --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Pretest --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Task sheets --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Posttests --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Questionnaire --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3 --- TREATMENTS --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Treatments on Group I and II --- p.38 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Treatment on Group III --- p.40 / Chapter 3.4 --- EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES --- p.44 / Chapter 3.5 --- METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS --- p.44 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Relationship between comprehension and negotiation --- p.45 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Relationship between comprehension and L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.45 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Relationship between negotiation and L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.46 / Chapter 3.5.4 --- Relative effects of producing negotiated output and receiving negotiated input on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.46 / Chapter 3.5.5 --- Relationship between the nature of negotiation and L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.47 / Chapter 3.5.5.1 --- Length of negotiated word form --- p.47 / Chapter 3.5.5.2 --- Word frequency --- p.47 / Chapter 3.5.5.3 --- Number of clarification requests and confirmation checks --- p.48 / Chapter 3.5.5.4 --- Length of explanation --- p.48 / Chapter 3.5.6. --- Data from the questionnaire --- p.49 / Chapter 3.6 --- SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER --- p.49 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR: --- RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1 --- "SUBJECTS' INPUT COMPREHENSION, IMMEDIATE WORD GAINS AND WORD RETENTION: A GENERAL PICTURE" --- p.52 / Chapter 4.2 --- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INPUT COMPREHENSION AND L2 INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION --- p.56 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Correlations between Gp I's comprehension scores of test item meanings and their two posttest results --- p.56 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Correlations between Gp II's comprehension scores of test item meanings and their two posttest results --- p.56 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Correlations between Gp II's comprehension scores of directions and their two posttest results --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Correlations between Gp III's comprehension scores of test item meanings and their two posttest results --- p.58 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Correlations between Gp III's comprehension scores of directions and their two posttest results --- p.58 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Conclusion --- p.59 / Chapter 4.3 --- EFFECT OF INPUT WITH MEANING NEGOTIATION ON L2 INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUSITION --- p.60 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Comparing Gp II and Gp III's comprehension scores of test item meanings --- p.60 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Comparing Gp II and Gp III's comprehension scores of directions --- p.61 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Comparing Gp II and Gp III's 1st and 2nd posttest results --- p.61 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.62 / Chapter 4.4 --- RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF RECEIVING NEGOTIATED INPUT AND PRODUCING NEGOTIATED OUTPUT IN L2 INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISTION --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Comparing Gp I and Gp III's 1st and 2nd posttest results --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Comparing Gp I and Gp II's 1st and 2nd posttest results --- p.64 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Conclusion --- p.65 / Chapter 4.5 --- RESEARCH HYPOTHESES TESTED --- p.65 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Testing the first hypothesis --- p.65 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Testing the second hypothesis --- p.65 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Testing the third hypothesis --- p.66 / Chapter 4.6 --- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES OF MEANING NEGOTIATION AND L2 INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION --- p.66 / Chapter 4.6.1 --- Length of negotiated word form --- p.66 / Chapter 4.6.2 --- Word frequency --- p.67 / Chapter 4.6.2.1 --- Word frequency produced by Gp I and Gp II --- p.67 / Chapter 4.6.2.2 --- Word frequency heard by Gp I and Gp II --- p.68 / Chapter 4.6.3 --- Number of clarification requests and confirmation checks --- p.68 / Chapter 4.6.4 --- Length of explanation --- p.69 / Chapter 4.6.5 --- Conclusion --- p.70 / Chapter 4.7 --- SUBJECTS' FAMILIARITY WITH ORAL INTERACTION TASKS AND LEARNING STYLES WHEN ENCOUNTERING NEW L2 WORDS --- p.70 / Chapter 4.8 --- SUBJECTS' COMMENTS ON THE TASKS --- p.72 / Chapter 4.9 --- SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER --- p.73 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE: --- DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.74 / Chapter 5.1 --- ROLE OF INPUT COMPREHENSION IN L2 INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION --- p.74 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Subjects' comprehension of test adjective meanings and incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.75 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- The different cognitive processing involved in comprehension and word acquisition --- p.76 / Chapter 5.2 --- ROLE OF MEANING NEGOTIATION IN L2 INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION --- p.77 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Effect of negotiated input on L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.78 / Chapter 5.2.1.1 --- Subjects 'meaning negotiation and comprehension --- p.78 / Chapter 5.2.1.2 --- Noticing raised by meaning negotiation --- p.79 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Role of Negotiated output in L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition --- p.82 / Chapter 5.2.2.1 --- Noticing raised by negotiated output --- p.82 / Chapter 5.2.2.2 --- Failure to strengthen the form-meaning link --- p.83 / Chapter 5.3 --- PROPERTIES OF MEANING NEGOTIATION AND L2 INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITON --- p.86 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Length of negotiated word form --- p.86 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Word frequency --- p.87 / Chapter 5.3.2.1 --- Word frequency heard by subjects --- p.87 / Chapter 5.3.2.2 --- Word frequency produced by subjects --- p.88 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Number of clarification requests and confirmation checks --- p.89 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Length of explanation --- p.89 / Chapter 5.4 --- SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER --- p.91 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX: --- CONCLUSION --- p.93 / Chapter 6.1 --- PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS --- p.93 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Incidental learning of L2 adjectives in oral interaction tasks --- p.95 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Implementation of oral interaction tasks in Hong Kong EFL classrooms --- p.95 / Chapter 6.1.3 --- Meaning negotiation as a task demand --- p.95 / Chapter 6.1.4 --- Choice of unfamiliar adjectives used in the tasks --- p.97 / Chapter 6.2 --- LIMITATIONS OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH --- p.97 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Small subject size --- p.98 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Experimental setting instead of the real classroom setting --- p.99 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- A single 45-minute task instead of a longitudinal program --- p.99 / Chapter 6.2.4 --- Encounter of the test adjectives and their meanings between the 1st and 2nd posttests --- p.100 / Chapter 6.2.5 --- Investigating receptive word knowledge only in the posttests --- p.100 / Chapter 6.3 --- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH --- p.101 / Chapter 6.4 --- SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER --- p.102 / REFERENCES --- p.104
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325250 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Contributors | Tjan, Yuet Fong., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of English. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xii, 233 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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