An Ear And Eye For Language: Mechanisms Underlying Second Language Word Learning

Bisson, M. J.; Baker-Kukona, Anuenue; Lengeris, Angelos

An Ear And Eye For Language: Mechanisms Underlying Second Language Word Learning

dc.cclicence	CC-BY-NC	en
dc.contributor.author	Bisson, M. J.
dc.contributor.author	Baker-Kukona, Anuenue
dc.contributor.author	Lengeris, Angelos
dc.date.acceptance	2020-10-14
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-03T10:22:09Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-03T10:22:09Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description	The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version.	en
dc.description.abstract	To become fluent in a second language, learners need to acquire a large vocabulary. However, the cognitive and affective mechanisms that support word learning, particularly among second language learners, are only beginning to be understood. Prior research has focused on intentional learning and small artificial lexicons. In the current study investigating the sources of individual variability in word learning and their underlying mechanisms, participants intentionally and incidentally learned a large vocabulary of Welsh words (i.e., emulating word learning in the wild) and completed a large battery of cognitive and affective measures. The results showed that for both learning conditions, native language knowledge, auditory/phonological abilities and orthographic sensitivity all made unique contributions to word learning. Importantly, short-term/working memory played a significantly larger role in intentional learning. We discuss these results in the context of the mechanisms that support both native and non-native language learning.	en
dc.funder	Other external funder (please detail below)	en
dc.funder.other	Experimental Psychology Society	en
dc.identifier.citation	Bisson, M.-J., Baker-Kukona, A. & Lengeris, A. (2020) An Ear And Eye For Language: Mechanisms Underlying Second Language Word Learning. Bilingualism, Language and Cognition,	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1017/s1366728920000723
dc.identifier.issn	1366-7289
dc.identifier.uri	https://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/20355
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.peerreviewed	Yes	en
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press	en
dc.researchinstitute	Institute for Psychological Science	en
dc.subject	Word Learning	en
dc.subject	Second Language Learning	en
dc.subject	Foreign Language Learning	en
dc.subject	Individual Differences	en
dc.subject	Incidental Learning	en
dc.subject	Experimental	en
dc.title	An Ear And Eye For Language: Mechanisms Underlying Second Language Word Learning	en
dc.type	Article	en