Modeling Learning Processes in Lexical CALL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v11i3.19-46Keywords:
CALL, vocabulary, lexical structure, performance data, introspective data, learning approach, teaching strategyAbstract
To devise ways of tracking learning processes is one of the goals of current CALL research. However, the data collected must be able to account for the learner's approach as well as his/her performance. A study of a novice learner of Spanish using a CALL system designed for vocabulary enlargement, shows that introspective evidence may be used to validate performance data within a theoretical framework which characterizes the learning approach as "surface' or "deep," depending on the degree of the learner's engagement with principles of structure underlying the target language lexis. It is proposed that this framework offers a basis on which effective computer based vocabulary teaching strategies can be developed.
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Forster, K. (1989). "Basic Issues in Lexical Processing.” Lexical Representation and Process, edited by W. Marslen-Wilson, 75-107. MIT.
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Judd, E. (1978). “Vocabulary Teaching and TESOL — A Need for Reevaluation of Fixed Assumptions." TESOL Quarterly, 12,1, 71-76.
Jung, U. (1987). “Evaluating Microcomputer Software — The State of the Art." CALL and Innovative EFL Methodology, edited by L. Legenhausen and D. Wolfe, 42. University of Augsberg.
______, (1988). “Introduction, or a 'Petit Tour' of the World of CALL.” Computers in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching, edited by U. Jung, 1-20. Verlag Peter Lang.
Laurillard, D. (1979). “The Processes of Student Learning." Higher Education, 8, 395-409.
Lyman-Hager, M. A., J. Davis, J. Burnett, and R. Chennault (1993). "Une Vie de Boy: Interactive Reading in French." Edited by F. Borchardt and E. Johnson, Duke University.
Marton, F. (1986). “Describing and Improving Learning." Learning Strategies and Learning Styles, edited by R. Schmeek. Plenum, NY.
Meara, P. (1980). “Vocabulary Acquisition — A Neglected Aspect of Language Teaching.” Survey article, Language Teaching and Linguistics Abstracts, 13, CUP.
Nattinger, J. (1988). “Some Current Trends In Vocabulary Teaching.” Edited by R. Carter and M. McCarthy, 70.
Oxford, R., and D. Crookall (1990). "Vocabulary Learning: A Critical Analysis of Techniques." TESOL Canada Journal, 7, 2, 14.
Pask, G. (1976). “Styles and Strategies of Learning." British Journal of Educational Psychology, 46, 128-148.
Ramsden, P. (1992). "Learning to Teach in Higher Education." Routledge, 44.
Sussex, R. (1991). “Research in Practice and Practice on Research in CALL." CALL Journal, 4, 3, 191-206.
Swartz M., S. Kostyla, S. Hanfling, and V. Melissa Holland (1991). “Preliminary Assessment of Foreign Language Learning Environment." CALL, 1, 51-64.
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Goodfellow, R., & Laurillard, D. (2013). Modeling Learning Processes in Lexical CALL. CALICO Journal, 11(3), 19-46. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v11i3.19-46
