Alyami Maha, Mohsen Mohammed Ali
Najran University, King Abdulaziz Street, P.O. Box 1988, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
J Psycholinguist Res. 2019 Oct;48(5):1005-1023. doi: 10.1007/s10936-019-09644-z.
This article investigates how the use of a deliberate approach of analyzing a given reading may predict differences in CVA effectiveness. Sixty Arab EFL learners were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group, thirty participants for each. The experimental group received training in the deliberate Clarke and Nation (System 8:211-220, 1980) CVA technique, whereas the control group were not guided through a training method. Then, both groups were asked to answer three vocabulary tests and then participate to finish a series of six readings adjusted using Nation's K-level reading lexicon to control the difficult words during readings. After treatments, the students took a post-test vocabulary session. Results show that the group that have used the deliberate CVA technique retained about twice as many new words as the other group did. That is the use of a deliberate-CVA methodology significantly improves learning. The experimental manipulation produced a learning effect that was 76.1% greater than that of the control group in terms of word context recognition and 128.0% greater than that of the control group in terms of word definition accuracy. Pedagogical implications, limitations and directions for further research are discussed.
本文探讨了采用一种经过深思熟虑的方法来分析给定阅读材料如何能够预测语境词汇学习法（CVA）有效性的差异。60名阿拉伯英语外语学习者被随机分为实验组和对照组，每组30人。实验组接受了经过深思熟虑的克拉克和纳辛（《系统》8:211 - 220，1980）语境词汇学习法技术的培训，而对照组没有接受任何培训方法的指导。然后，两组都被要求完成三项词汇测试，接着参与完成一系列根据纳辛的K级阅读词汇表调整的六篇阅读材料，以控制阅读过程中的难词。在接受相应处理后，学生们进行了一次词汇后测。结果显示，使用经过深思熟虑的语境词汇学习法技术的组所记住的新单词数量大约是另一组的两倍。也就是说，采用经过深思熟虑的语境词汇学习法显著提高了学习效果。在单词语境识别方面，实验操作产生的学习效果比对照组高出76.1%；在单词定义准确性方面，比对照组高出128.0%。本文还讨论了教学启示、局限性以及进一步研究的方向。
