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Playing with words: L2 vocabulary acquisition and the use of popular tales. A perspective from the Involvement Load Hypothesis

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: One of the main aims of the Primary Education system in Spain is promoting the learning of, at least, one foreign language. Vocabulary is considered one of the key aspects to reach this aim. In fact, vocabulary knowledge has been proved to help develop communicative skills such as reading or writing. Children’s literature is one of the resources for foreign language vocabulary teaching. According to the ILH, the degree of involvement in an activity may affect the student’s learning results. Our proposal aims to work with vocabulary by means of a series of activities where vocabulary is dealt with at different degrees of involvement, activities being based on popular tales.

Source: UNED repository

Authors: Gema Alcaraz Mármol, María del Mar Jiménez-Cervantes Arnao

Institutions: University of Castilla-La Mancha, Universidad Católica de Murcia

Language: English

Topic: Second Language Acquisition and Learning

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2284495040

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