1st Edition
Researching Incidental Vocabulary Learning in a Second Language
Incidental language acquisition is the language that is learned informally, outside the constraints of the typical classroom, and vocabulary is one of the key elements in language learning and knowledge. This unique text is the first comprehensive overview and hands-on methodological guide for researching second language incidental vocabulary acquisition.
Expert contributors from around the world synthesize the state of the art by defining key concepts and laying out the major theoretical perspectives, research methodologies, empirical findings, and pedagogical considerations involved in incidental L2 vocabulary learning research. By connecting research techniques to the theory that underpins them, detailing practical steps for designing and conducting rigorous new studies, and highlighting areas that deserve additional research attention, they further set the agenda for future work in this field and put readers in a strong position to understand and carry out this research independently.
This book will be an invaluable resource to advanced students and researchers of second language acquisition, vocabulary studies, applied linguistics, education, and related areas.
Notes to the contributors
Preface
Mark Feng Teng (Macao Polytechnic University, China)
Foreword
Batia Laufer (University of Haifa, Israel)
Ch 1 Introduction to Researching Incidental Vocabulary Learning in a Second Language
Mark Feng Teng (Macao Polytechnic University, China)
Part I Pedagogy
Ch 2 Incidental vocabulary learning from extensive reading
Paul Nation (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) & Rob Waring (Notre Dame Seishin University, Japan)
Ch 3 Incidental vocabulary learning from watching audio-visual input
Maribel Montero Perez (Ghent University, Belgium), Tetyana Sydorenko (Portland State University, USA), & Lizz Huntley (Michigan State University, USA)
Part II Methodology
Ch 4 Methodological features of studies of incidental vocabulary learning
Stuart Webb (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Ch 5 Cognitive/behavioral methods for investigating incidental vocabulary acquisition
Kathy Conklin (University of Nottingham, UK), Ana Pellicer-Sánchez (UCL, UK), & Manuel Pulido (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Ch 6 Incidental learning of multi-word expressions: Methodological considerations and future directions
Suhad Sonbul (Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia) & Anna Siyanova-Chanturia (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Ch 7 Data science and incidental vocabulary learning
Clarence Green (The University of Hong Kong)
Part III Individual Differences
Ch 8 Understanding teachers’ and learners’ perceptions of incidental vocabulary learning: Another piece of the puzzle
Averil Coxhead (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Ch 9 Factors affecting incidental vocabulary learning
Mark Feng Teng (Macau Polytechnic University, China) & Takumi Uchihara (Tohoku University, Japan)
Ch 10 Motivation, task-induced involvement load and incidental vocabulary learning
Christine Muir(University of Nottingham, UK), & Paweł Szudarski (University of Nottingham, UK)
Part IV Future Directions
Ch 11 Meta-analytic studies of second language incidental vocabulary learning
Akifumi Yanagisawa (The University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Ch 12 Bridging intentional and incidental vocabulary learning
Frank Boers (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Ch 13 Concluding remarks on Researching Incidental Vocabulary Learning in a Second Language
Mark Feng Teng (Macao Polytechnic University, China)
Index
Biography
Mark Feng Teng is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at Macao Polytechnic University. He is the author of Language Learning through Captioned Videos: Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition (2021) and co-editor of Theory and Practice in Vocabulary Research in Digital Environments (forthcoming, 2025).
Barry Lee Reynolds is Associate Professor of English Language Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Macau. He is sole editor of Vocabulary Learning in the Wild (2023) and co-editor of Innovative Approaches in Teaching English Writing to Chinese Speakers (2021) and English Literacy Instruction for Chinese Speakers (2019).
