텍스트 상세화와 어휘 반복이 우연적 어휘 학습에 미치는 영향

The Effect of Elaborated Text and Vocabulary Repetition to Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in a Second Language: Targeting for Beginners in Korean Language

This research is to prove the effectiveness of learning vocabulary when the Korean beginners were practiced incidental vocabulary acquisition in a second language via reading elaborated texts and repeating exposures to vocabularies. Vocabulary learning effectiveness is defined as the learner’s effectiveness to acquiring spelling, meaning, and usage of the vocabularies and reading comprehension. As a result, the incidental vocabulary acquisition in a second language had the most positive effect on acquiring spelling of the vocabulary. The positive results were followed by correct usage of the word in sentences, finding synonyms, and writing the meaning in the native language, respectively. In addition, the incidental vocabulary acquisition in a second language showed significant result to content reading comprehension. Previous researches mainly dealt the incidental vocabulary acquisition in a second language with intermediate or advanced learners, while this research is meaningful as it targeted beginners in Korean language.