Investigating optimal spacing schedules for incidental acquisition of L2 collocations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7155446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marijana Macis (0000-0001-9141-2403, Manchester Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Rezan Alharbi (0000-0003-1872-2362, 37850 King Saud University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia), Suhad Sonbul (0000-0001-5517-3521, English Language Centre , Umm Al-Qura University , Makkah , Saudi Arabia) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1169-1221 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-042X • E-ISSN: 1613-4141 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/iral-2023-0102 |
| OpenAlex | W4389702393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 40 |
Research investigating lag effects in second language (L2) collocation learning is very limited. To date, no intervention study has examined the relationship between intersession intervals (ISIs) and retention intervals (RIs) in relation to incidental acquisition of collocations. To fill this gap, the current study collected data from two groups of students in Saudi Arabia (Experiment 1, n = 73; Experiment 2, n = 69), using a pretest-treatment-delayed posttest design. The participants learned 25 incongruent adjective-noun collocations incidentally during five reading sessions at either a 3.5-day ISI (Experiment 1) or a 7-day ISI (Experiment 2). Two control groups received no treatment. Learning rates were assessed at the form recall and meaning recall levels of sensitivity following an RI of 14 days in Experiment 1 and an RI of 28 days in Experiment 2. Results show that both spacing schedules were equally effective for the incidental acquisition of collocations
Adjective · Audiology · Cognitive psychology · Collocation (remote sensing) · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Meaning (existential) · Natural language processing · Noun · Reading (process) · Recall · Second-language acquisition · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Medicine · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
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The Four Strands
Incidental and Intentional Learning
Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading
Assessing Lexical Proficiency Using Analytic Ratings
The Spacing Effect and its Relevance to Second Language Acquisition
Incidental Learning of Collocations From Meaningful Input
How Does Mode of Input Affect the Incidental Learning of Collocations
Effects of distributed practice on the acquisition of verb-noun collocations
Incidental Learning of Single Words and Collocations Through Viewing an Academic Lecture
Second language productive knowledge of collocations
Does It Matter When You Review
Time distribution and intentional vocabulary learning through repeated reading
Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks
The role of input flood and input enhancement in EFL learners' acquisition of collocations
The effect of spacing on incidental and deliberate learning of L2 collocations
Learning Vocabulary Through Assisted Repeated Reading
The Optimal Distribution of Practice for the Acquisition of L2 Morphology
Collocational Processing in Light of the Phraseological Continuum Model
Verb-Noun Collocations in Second Language Writing
The Effects of Spaced Practice on Second Language Learning
Incidental Learning of Collocation
Explicit and Implicit Lexical Knowledge
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |