The Effect of Three Types of Task Engagement Activities on Incidental Acquisition of Second Language Vocabulary
Cognition, motivation and affect are the three dimensions of mental functioning, each having a share in determining learning processes including second language acquisition. Despite the extensive effort to explore cognitive processes involved in task performance within task-based language teaching r...
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| Language: | English |
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Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin,
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://jmrels.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/article_795_742319ada52ef77338f7a7d1aed4426f.pdf |
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| Summary: | Cognition, motivation and affect are the three dimensions of mental functioning, each having a share in determining learning processes including second language acquisition. Despite the extensive effort to explore cognitive processes involved in task performance within task-based language teaching research, the effect of task-related emotional and motivational states on learning achievements is a fairly unexplored area. The study reported here investigated the comparative effects of cognitive, emotional and motivational engagement with a reading-while-listening task on incidental acquisition of L2 vocabulary. The three types of task engagement strategies were applied as pretask activities to task procedure. Multivariate analysis of covariance and follow-up-analyses revealed an enhancing effect for all three types of task engagement activities on immediate post-tests. However, the enhancement was not observed for measurements on delayed post-tests as a result of the remarkable decay in retention and ease of activation scores. Moreover, the effects of the three types of pre-task involvements were not differential. The findings have implications for integrating emotional, motivational and cognitive elements to form-focused tasks aimed at facilitating second language acquisition.
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| ISSN: | 2676-5357 2676-5357 |