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Time distribution and intentional vocabulary learning through repeated reading: a partial replication and extension
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The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of different schedules of repeated reading practice on intentional vocabulary learning, and constitutes a partial replication and extension of the authors' previous study on incidental vocabulary learning. Two groups of Taiwanese EFL learners (n = 72) engaged in five repeated reading sessions; one group had the sessions on consecutive days (1-day intersession interval, ISI), whereas the other had them once a week (7-day ISI). Apart from reading for meaning, the students were also asked to focus on 36 target words. The students were tested before and immediately after the treatment. Moreover, a delayed posttest was scheduled at a retention interval (RI) of 4 and 28 days for the intensive group and spaced group respectively (considering an ISI/RI ratio of 25%). The results indicate that the shortspaced repeated reading sessions had a significantly more positive effect on vocabulary learning on both immediate and delayed posttest than the long-spaced sessions. The benefits of the short-spaced schedule were clearer in the current study on intentional vocabulary learning than in the authors' previous study on incidental learning through repeated reading.
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SERRANO SERRANO, Raquel and HUANG, Hsiao‐Yun. Time distribution and intentional vocabulary learning through repeated reading: a partial replication and extension. Language Awareness. 2023. Vol. 32, num. 1, pags. 1-18. ISSN 0965-8416. [consulted: 6 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/176516