Effects on vocabulary acquisition of presenting new words in semantic sets versus semantically unrelated sets

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dc.authoriderten, ismail/0000-0002-8527-5681
dc.contributor.authorErten, Ismail Hakki
dc.contributor.authorTekin, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:13:12Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:13:12Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on a study which investigated the effect on vocabulary recall of introducing new words via two different methods. A one-group quasi-experimental research design with alternating time series measures was employed. A group of 60 fourth graders were taught 80 carefully selected words either in semantically related sets or semantically unrelated sets. Also under investigation was the effect of these methods on test completion. The statistical analysis revealed that learning words in semantically unrelated sets yields better results than learning vocabulary in semantically related sets. The difference persisted in the long term. Further, test completion time was much longer for the semantically related vocabulary items, indicating a slower recall of vocabulary. The study indicated that, contrary to frequent practice in many course books, presenting new vocabulary that belongs to the same semantic set together may cause interference due to cross-association and may even hinder vocabulary learning. Such practice needs to be questioned and alternative methods that involve presenting vocabulary in unrelated sets need to be developed to facilitate vocabulary teaching and learning. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.system.2008.02.005
dc.identifier.endpage422
dc.identifier.issn0346-251X
dc.identifier.issn1879-3282
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-47949096962
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage407
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2008.02.005
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/28330
dc.identifier.volume36
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000208004100005
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofSystem
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectInterference theory
dc.subjectMental lexicon
dc.subjectSemantic set
dc.subjectThematic set
dc.subjectVocabulary recall
dc.titleEffects on vocabulary acquisition of presenting new words in semantic sets versus semantically unrelated sets
dc.typeArticle

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