The Use of Hypermedia in Implicit Vocabulary Learning

Autores/as

  • Patrícia Nora de Souza Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Palabras clave:

implicit learning, vocabulary, foreign language, hypermedia

Resumen

The present work is aimed at investigating the role of hypermedia in implicit vocabulary acquisition in foreign language. On theoretical grounds, the work presents a reflection which contextualizes the discussion on implicit approaches to vocabulary teaching. Besides, a review and a discussion of the literature is carried out, with regard to the advantages of hypermedia in English Language Teaching. Following that, the selection of hypermedia material for implicit vocabulary teaching is presented. This material was used in the data collecting which comprised 75 students. The material was evaluated by the students through a questionnaire. The results show that the use of hypermedia can significantly contribute to implicit vocabulary acquisition.

Biografía del autor/a

Patrícia Nora de Souza, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Patrícia Nora de Souza, PhD in Applied linguistics – UNICAMP, Campinas. Professor at Department of Modern Languages and Pos-Graduation Program in Linguistics of UFJF. Main areas of interest: reading, foreign language, computer mediated teaching and learning.

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Souza, P. N. de. (2011). The Use of Hypermedia in Implicit Vocabulary Learning. The ESPecialist, 28(1). Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/esp/article/view/6167

Número

Vol. 28 Núm. 1 (2007)

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