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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Main Author: Davoud Amini
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Language:English
Published: Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, 2015-03-01
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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description 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. <strong> </strong>
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spelling doaj-art-da084d0bb4ce4d789e18bf37bcc864512025-08-20T03:48:28ZengImam Khomeini International University, Qazvin,Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies2676-53572676-53572015-03-01224161795The Effect of Three Types of Task Engagement Activities on Incidental Acquisition of Second Language VocabularyDavoud Amini0Assistant Professor at Azarbaijan Shahid Madani UniversityCognition, 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. <strong> </strong>http://jmrels.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/article_795_742319ada52ef77338f7a7d1aed4426f.pdfincidental vocabulary acquisitiontask engagement, emotional, cognitive and motivational involvement
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The Effect of Three Types of Task Engagement Activities on Incidental Acquisition of Second Language Vocabulary
Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies
incidental vocabulary acquisition
task engagement, emotional, cognitive and motivational involvement
title The Effect of Three Types of Task Engagement Activities on Incidental Acquisition of Second Language Vocabulary
title_full The Effect of Three Types of Task Engagement Activities on Incidental Acquisition of Second Language Vocabulary
title_fullStr The Effect of Three Types of Task Engagement Activities on Incidental Acquisition of Second Language Vocabulary
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of Three Types of Task Engagement Activities on Incidental Acquisition of Second Language Vocabulary
title_short The Effect of Three Types of Task Engagement Activities on Incidental Acquisition of Second Language Vocabulary
title_sort effect of three types of task engagement activities on incidental acquisition of second language vocabulary
topic incidental vocabulary acquisition
task engagement, emotional, cognitive and motivational involvement
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