Overview
- Provides an accessible introduction to linear mixed models a powerful but underused statistical technique
- Discusses relevant theory of and draws connections between different fields of knowledge
- Investigates vocabulary learning through essay writing and controlling for cognitive load
Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)
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This book highlights the importance of English academic vocabulary for success at university and explores written tasks as effective pedagogical tools to promote the acquisition of academic words. The book reviews germane and recent SLA, psycholinguistic, corpus linguistics, and L2 writing research to underscore the challenges associated with the learning of academic words. Then, it reports on three empirical studies conducted in the Polish context. The first study develops a reliable tool to assess the knowledge of academic vocabulary of undergraduate learners. The second and third studies investigate the learning of academic words after the writing of sentences and argumentative essays, and discuss the role of cognition as a mediator of such learning. The book also provides an accessible introduction to linear mixed-effect models, a powerful, reliable, and flexible statistical technique that has been gaining popularity among SLA and psycholinguistics researchers.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Breno Barreto Silva: Breno has a TESOL certificate and diploma and has been teaching English and Portuguese for over 20 years in three different countries. Breno has been teaching academic writing, research methodology and statistics for 3 years. Breno holds two master degrees (linguistics and teaching) and a Ph.D. in applied linguistics. Breno has published several scientific papers directly connected to the topic of the book.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Writing to Learn Academic Words
Book Subtitle: Assessment, Cognition, and Learning
Authors: Breno B. Silva
Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06505-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06504-0Published: 23 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06507-1Published: 24 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-06505-7Published: 22 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2193-7648
Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 268
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Higher Education, Language Education, Education, general