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Korea Journal of English Language and Linguistics - Vol. 22, No. 0, pp. 695-705 | |
Abbreviation: KASELL | |
ISSN: 1598-1398 (Print) 2586-7474 (Online) | |
Received 15 May 2022 Revised 10 Jul 2022 Accepted 31 Jul 2022 | |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15738/kjell.22..202207.695 | |
Effects of Multiple-Choice Glosses & Frequency on L2 Academic Vocabulary Learning in Korea | |
Dongho Kang
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Professor, Dept. of English Language & Literature, Seoul National Univ. of Science & Technology, Tel: (02) 970-6250 (dh14kang@seoultech.ac.kr) | |
© 2022 KASELL All rights reserved This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
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The study investigated the effects of multiple-choice glosses (MCGs) (L1 and L2) and frequency on academic vocabulary learning. Twelve college students in Korea participated in the within-samples study. The paired-samples t-statistics showed the significant learning gains between pre-test and post-test after the provision of MCGs during reading. However, the lower level students significantly improved from pre-test to post-test with L1 MCGs, not with L2 MCGs, while the advanced level more benefited from L2 MCG (p < .01) than L1 MCGs (p < .05). The results of the frequency showed that the development of the new words required at least 6 times regardless of types of gloss languages. The theoretic and pedagogical discussions were made at the conclusion.
Keywords: academic vocabulary, multiple-choice glossing (L1 vs. L2), frequency, EFL college contexts |
This study was supported by the Research Program funded by the SeoulTech (Seoul National University of Science and Technology).
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