Output details
25 - Education
University of Oxford
Article title
Effect of frequency and idiomaticity on second language reading comprehension
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
TESOL Quarterly
Article number
-
Volume number
45
Issue number
2
First page of article
267
ISSN of journal
1545-7249
Year of publication
2011
URL
-
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
This project was the first study that empirically demonstrated that adult second language learners have difficulty with texts that include multiword phrases. Furthermore, L2 learners under-estimate the difficulty they face, suggesting they fail to even recognise a multiword phrase when it appears in text. It highlights the need to investigate phraseological vocabulary knowledge in greater detail from a range of perspectives. This study has led to the development of cross-disciplinary funded research projects (e.g., Nation, Murphy & Pullman, FELL (University)fund award 2013/14) examining the nature of collocational knowledge in children.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
