1st Edition
Theory and Practice in Vocabulary Research in Digital Environments
This collection is a comprehensive resource on the state of second language vocabulary learning today, building on earlier studies to spotlight the diversity of issues and foci in the field toward encouraging further advancements in both research and practice.
The volume foregrounds the importance of vocabulary learning in language teaching and learning and in effective written and verbal communication, charting the range of approaches and theories used to address the unique challenges of vocabulary instruction. While there exists a well-established body of vocabulary research, this book takes those lines of inquiry into new directions by exploring how technology has shifted the focus from teacher-led delivery to more activity-driven experiences. Chapters from prominent researchers and rising scholars feature studies on emergent approaches in virtual environments such as interactive whiteboards, CMC, virtual world learning, and mobile-assisted language learning. In offering a holistic portrait of technology-enhanced vocabulary learning the volume makes the case for the power of technological tools in fostering optimal environments for encouraging vocabulary acquisition and in turn, the potential opportunities for future research and pedagogical applications.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars in second language acquisition, language education, TESOL, and applied linguistics.
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Mark Feng Teng (Macao Polytechnic University, China)
Introduction
Introduction to Theory and Practice in Vocabulary Research in Digital Environments
Mark Feng Teng1 and Junjie Gavin Wu2
Part I Theories and synthesis
Chapter 2. Intentional vocabulary learning through captioned viewing: Comparing Vanderplank’s ‘cognitive-affective model’ with Gesa and Miralpeix (2023)
Robert Vanderplank and Mark Feng Teng.
Chapter 3. Mapping the Digital Game-Based Vocabulary Learning Landscape: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Exploration
Zhaoyang Xiong1, Junjie Gavin Wu1 and Di Zou2
Chapter 4. Development of gloss studies in vocabulary and CALL research
Makoto Yoshii
Part II Pedagogical practices
Chapter 5. A Corpus-based Study of Learners’ Language Learning Trajectories with Captioned Viewing: Implications for Vocabulary Learning Practices
Mark Feng Teng and Jesse W. C. Yip
Chapter 6. L2 vocabulary learning with an AI chatbot: From linguistic, affective, and cognitive perspectives
Sangmin-Michelle Lee
Chapter 7. Training to use machine translation for vocabulary learning
Yijen Wang and Glenn Stockwell
Chapter 8. Korean EFL learners’ vocabulary development through
asynchronous CMC and synchronous CM2C in content courses
Sung-Yeon Kim
Chapter 9. The Anatomy of Word Lists in New Word Level Checker:
Description and Comparison
Atsushi Mizumoto
Chapter 10. Mobile-Assisted Vocabulary Learning in an EAP Context
Jeong-Bae Son; Sang-Soon Park
Chapter 11. Vocabulary learning with Netflix: Exploring intraformal learning practices through the lens of complex dynamic systems theory
Antonie Alm andYuki Watanabe
Chapter 12. Using TikTok for vocabulary learning: Multimodal implications
Yeong-Ju Lee
Conclusion
Chapter 13. Conclusion: The next generation of studies in multimodal, multilingual and multi-agent vocabulary learning
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme
Index
Biography
Mark Feng Teng is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at Macao Polytechnic University, China.
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK.
Junjie Gavin Wu is Lecturer and a Ph.D. Supervisor at Macao Polytechnic University, China.
"A diverse and exciting collection of approaches to vocabulary acquisition in the “digital wild” - this book should be useful to everyone involved in technology-enhanced language learning."
- Hilary Nesi, Professor in English Language, Research Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities, Coventry University
