Phillips, Alison Marie
(2011)
Orthographic Representations Affect Adult Second Language Word Learning.
Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Adults have considerable difficulty learning a second language (L2), and learning to produce L2 words is particularly difficult. In the present study, we examined how the lexical representations available to beginning adult L2 learners during training, and the order in which words are trained, affect their L2 Arabic vocabulary learning. The findings suggest that the presence of orthographic information and thematic groupings during training improves L2 Arabic learning. These findings are discussed in relation to existing models and previous findings.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| Phillips, Alison Marie | amp144@pitt.edu | AMP144 | |
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| Date: |
6 June 2011 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
21 April 2011 |
| Approval Date: |
6 June 2011 |
| Submission Date: |
21 April 2011 |
| Access Restriction: |
5 year -- Restrict access to University of Pittsburgh for a period of 5 years. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Psychology |
| Degree: |
MS - Master of Science |
| Thesis Type: |
Master's Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
orthographic representations; second language vocabulary learning; thematic categories |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04212011-232509/, etd-04212011-232509 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:40 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:41 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7471 |
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