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Approaches to vocabulary learning: Data from a CALL interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Robin Goodfellow  and
Colin Powell
Robin Goodfellow
Affiliation:
Aston University, Birmingham, UK (Email: r.goodfellow@aston.ac.uk)
Colin Powell
Affiliation:
Aston UniversityNova Training, UK
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Abstract

This article reports on aspects of an investigation into learners' approaches to vocabulary learning that was carried out as part of an experimental project integrating CALL into an ESL (English as a Second Language)/computer training course. Data from two of the learners is presented, and contrasting ‘deep’ and ‘surface’ approaches are identified. The link between approach and learning outcome is demonstrated. The importance of qualitative analysis of learning processes, and the possible contribution of CALL to this kind of analysis, is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
ReCALL , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , May 1994 , pp. 27 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1994

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