Incidental vocabulary acquisition in oral interaction tasks: the effects of comprehension and negotiation.

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325250
Date January 2005
ContributorsTjan, Yuet Fong., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of English.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xii, 233 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
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