Assessing word learning methods has important implications for classroom settings and
developing language learning programs. Previous research has shown that adults can learn …

Assessing word learning methods has important implications for classroom settings and
developing language learning programs. Previous research has shown that adults can learn …

Previous language learning research reveals that the statistical properties of the input offer
sufficient information to allow listeners to segment words from fluent speech in an artificial …

Many adults struggle with second language acquisition but learn new native-language
words relatively easily. We investigated the role of sublexical native-language patterns on …

The present study examined the costs and benefits of native language similarity for non-
native vocabulary learning. Because learning a second language (L2) is difficult, many …

To develop adequate levels of automaticity in second language (L2) word recognition
learners need to engage with a large amount of meaningful spoken target language input …

This study examined how previously learned words affect the acquisition of new words in a
second language (L2). Twenty L1 English adults in a second semester L2 Mandarin …

Learning spoken word forms is a vital part of second language learning, and CALL lends
itself well to this training. Not enough is known, however, about how auditory variation …

A classic finding holds that listeners have significant difficulty categorizing and
discriminating unfamiliar/nonnative phonemes. In the present study we examined how this …

Cross-situational word learning (CSWL) paradigms have gained traction in recent years as a
way to examine word learning in ambiguous scenarios in infancy, childhood, and adulthood …