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- Hult, Ann-Kristin, 1977, et al.
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Lexin - ett stöd i språkutvecklingen hos nyanlända?
- 2018
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Ingår i: Nyanländas språkinlärning. Fem delstudier om nyanländas lärande i olika kontexter. Johansson, Sofie (red.). - Göteborg : Institutionen för svenska språket vid Göteborgs universitet. ; , s. 11-30
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- LaBontee, Richard, 1985
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Investigating reported vocabulary learning strategy use in Swedish second language learning: from interviews to questionnaires
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. - 2303-5528. ; 3:3, s. 131-140
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Language learning strategies (LLS) are conscious learning choices made to regulate an individual’s learning (Oxford, 2011b). Comprehensive qualitative and quantitative documentation and analysis of LLS use by context-specific language learners can both aid in informing progress in linguistic and pedagogic research. Vocabulary learning strategies (VLS), as a subset of LLS, have been a popular area of study in second language acquisition (SLA) due to the insights they extend to context-specific research, learning, and instruction therein. As the first stage of a larger research project concerning VLS in the Swedish second language (SSL) learning context for adult beginner SSL learners, this study seeks to establish what VLS are reported by individuals studying in said context. This method heavy, work-in-progress study will develop vocabulary learning profiles for Swedish second language learners through their use of vocabulary learning strategies and learning styles. Interviews are held and transcribed to gather rich, qualitative data on learners’ learning habits, transcription data is analyzed using keystone VLS frameworks (Schmitt, 1997; Nation, 2013) coupled with a ground-up discourse analysis. Interview data is then used to populate a questionnaire pre-pilot and subsequent pilot that collect methodological feedback on questionnaire design. A final questionnaire is proposed with aims to gather quantitative data on vocabulary learning strategies, learner demographics, and learning styles from Swedish L2 learners at the university level. Planned steps forward in the subsequent research project are discussed, as are potential limitations.
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- LaBontee, Richard, 1985
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Questionnaire Instrumentation for Strategic Vocabulary Learning in the Swedish as a Second Language Learning Context
- 2019
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Ingår i: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. - : Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan. - 2083-5205 .- 2084-1965. ; 9:2, s. 313-348
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2019, Adam Mickiewicz University Press. All rights reserved. This article reports on the final round of piloting for a questionnaire instrument created and designed with the intention of collecting self-report data on adult, beginner Swedish L2 learners’ use of vocabulary learning strategies. The Swedish Vocabulary Learning Strategy Survey (SVLSS) version 1.2 is distributed to 182 participants studying Swedish at institutes of higher learning in Sweden. The collected data set is subject to exploratory factor analysis to explore initial interpretations of the underlying constructs of the instrument, and analyzed for content validity and internal consistency. Readability and accessibility of the instrument is also addressed. Initial findings and interpretations are used to guide the development of a preliminary VLS taxonomy for the SVLSS, as well as suggest and perform revisions that will result in the SVLSS 2.0.
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- LaBontee, Richard, 1985
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Strategic Vocabulary Learning in the Swedish Second Language Context
- 2019
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This large-scale research project represents an exploratory investigation into the reported vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) used by adult, beginner Swedish L2 learners living and studying in Sweden. A questionnaire instrument, the Swedish Vocabulary Learning Strategy Survey (SVLSS) built explicitly for data collection in this context is developed and used over the course of five studies regarding learners’ approaches to Swedish L2 vocabulary learning. Results from the first study are used to establish a preliminary item list for the SVLSS from collected interview and learning task data. Pilot results (SVLSS 1.0, 1.1) guide revisions to access- ibility, readability, and item list, resulting in a 74-item questionnaire (SVLSS 1.2). The second study adopts a six-category VLS taxonomy for the instrument that is extracted through the guidance of exploratory factor analysis. Findings are used to conduct revisions aimed at supporting the adopted taxonomy, and again to improve accessibility, and readability. The third study situates the SVLSS instrument within a comparative review of other VLS questionnaires, guiding extended revisions started in study two. Revision results in the acceptance of an updated VLS taxonomy, and in the 69-item SVLSS (2.0). The fourth study explores what the target demographic believes it means ‘to know a word’ as a means of better these learners’ vocabulary learning experience. The fifth study uses the SVLSS 2.0 to explore possible patterns in learners’ VLS use across demographic grouping variables, offering two emergent learner profiles. Findings across these studies indicate that adult, beginner learners of Swedish L2 vocabulary report using strategies for establishing new word information more than any other VLS type, suggesting that the need to acquire vocabulary knowledge before it can be used in other strategic manners is high for this demographic. Also, significant differences between learners’ use of VLS are seen even amongst relatively minor differences in learners’ beginner proficiency levels, adult age groups, and amounts of time spent learning the language. A synthesis of findings suggest that these learners value communicative practices for learning words, though may not be able to reflect this in their learning behavior at earlier levels of Swedish. This report concludes with suggested use guidelines and planned updates for the SVLSS instrument, as well as suggested and planned future research for the field of Swedish L2 VLS use.
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