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2015

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

Old Dominion University

Perceived workload

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The Effects Of Encoding Strategy Training On Foreign Language Learning, Olla Najah Al-Shalchi Jul 2015

The Effects Of Encoding Strategy Training On Foreign Language Learning, Olla Najah Al-Shalchi

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Vocabulary of a language makes up approximately 75% of comprehension (Nagy & Scott), and researchers agree that learning vocabulary is more effective when learners are given strategies to learn the vocabulary (Cheng, 2011; Lee, Lim, & Grabowski, 2010; Liu, 2010; Teow, Ismail, & Kabilan, 2010). Research will allow instructional designers to determine what strategies work best for different groups of learners while taking into consideration the amount perceived workload to ensure that it is not too much or too little.

The purpose of this study was to compare the keyword and context strategies with learners enrolled in various undergraduate Arabic …