Further evidence of the comparative memorability of alliterative expressions in second language learning  

Oleh:

Boers, Frank ; Lindstromberg, Seth ; Webb, Stuart

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: RELC Journal (sebagian Full Text) vol. 45 no. 1 (Apr. 2014), page 85-99.
Topik: Lexical phrases ; collocations ; idioms ; alliteration ; incidental learning ; repetition ; memory
Fulltext: Further Evidence of the Comparative Memorability.pdf (986.74KB)

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Previous research has furnished evidence that alliterative expressions (e.g. a slippery slope ) are comparatively memorable for second language learners, at least when these expressions are attended to as decontextualized items (Lindstromberg and Boers, 2008a; Boers et al., 2012). The present study investigates whether alliteration renders lexical phrases comparatively memorable also when these phrases are encountered in texts read primarily with a focus on content. Fifty-four EFL students read a text adapted so as to include five instances of 12 idiomatic expressions. The results of surprise post-tests suggest that the alliterative phrases among these target expressions left significantly stronger memory traces than the non-alliterative ones, especially regarding the form or composition of the phrases.

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