Vocabulary, Corpus and Language Teaching

Dr M. Udaya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of ESL Studies at the University of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad. Dr C. Ramamuni Reddy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of ESL Studies at the University of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad.

• 1. VOCABULARY AND ACQUISITION.- Publications: Self-efficacy, task complexity and task performance: Exploring interactions in two versions of vocabulary learning tasks.- The crossover effects of morphological awareness on vocabulary development among children in French immersion.- Word and child characteristics in vocabulary learning of native English speakers and bilingual learners.- Effects of morphological instruction on vocabulary acquisition.- Acquiring Foreign Language Vocabulary Through Meaningful Linguistic Context: Where is the Limit to Vocabulary Learning?.- Improving the Acquisition of Novel Vocabulary Through the Use of Imagery Interventions.- Phonological decoding enhances orthographic facilitation of vocabulary learning in first graders.- Incidental vocabulary learning for primary school students: the effects of L2 caption type and word exposure frequency.- Knowledge building and vocabulary growth over two years, Grades 3 and 4.- The Effects of Science Instruction on Young Children’s Vocabulary Learning: A Research Synthesis.- Supporting Young Children’s Vocabulary Growth: The Challenges, the Benefits, and Evidence-Based Strategies.- 2. VOCABULARY TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES.- Publications: Collaborative filtering for expansion of learner’s background knowledge in online language learning: does “top-down” processing improve vocabulary proficiency?.- The Comparative Effects of Teacher Versus Peer-Scaffolding on EFL Learners’ Incidental Vocabulary Learning and Reading Comprehension: A Socio-Cultural Perspective.- Promoting Self-Regulation in Vocabulary Learning among Chinese EFL Learners: A Needs Analysis.- Effective practices to enhance immigrant kindergarteners’ second language vocabulary learning through storybook reading.- Effects of Language Skills and Strategy Use on Vocabulary Learning Through Lexical Translation and Inferencing.- The effectiveness of L2 vocabulary instruction: a meta-analysis.- Music as a Mnemonic Device for Foreign Vocabulary Learning.- An English vocabulary learning support system for the learner’s sustainable motivation.- The Effects of Vocabulary Enhancement Exercises and Group Dynamic Assessment on Word Learning Through Lexical Inferencing.- Vocabulary learning from reading: examining interactions between task and learner related variables.- 3. ICT FOR VOCABULARY LEARNING.- Publications: The Effects of Electronic Glossing Types on Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning: Different Types of Format and Glossary Information.- Multimedia-assisted self-learning materials: the benefits of E-flashcards for vocabulary learning in Chinese as a foreign language.- The effects of online glossary quizzes and student autonomy on domain vocabulary learning in business law.- Augmented reality as multimedia: the case for situated vocabulary learning.- Effects of multimedia annotations on incidental vocabulary learning and reading comprehension of advanced learners of english as a foreign language.- Evaluation of Electronic and Paper Textual Glosses on Second Language Vocabulary Learning and Reading Comprehension.- Self-directed learning of core vocabulary in English by EFL learners: comparing the outcomes from paper and mobile application flashcards.- Factors Influencing ESL Players’ Use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG).- EmoTan: enhanced flashcards for second language vocabulary learning with emotional binaural narration.- Theoretical trends of research on technology and L2 vocabulary learning: A systematic review.-  4. CORPUS-BASED VOCABULARY STUDIES.- Publications: Corpus-based vocabulary lists for language learners for nine languages.- To Use or Not to Use the Shorter Forms: A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Apologetic Expressions “Sorry and I’m sorry” in American Spoken English Discourse.- A Corpus-Based Study of Phrasal Verbs with Key Meanings in TED Talks.- From Corpora to Experiments: Methodological Triangulation in the Study of Word Order at the Interfaces in Adult Late Bilinguals (L2 learners).- A Corpus-Based Study of Modal Verbs in the Uniform Commercial Code of the USA.- Sentiment analysis of Japanese text and vocabulary learning based on natural language processing and SVM.- Gender Construction in the Indonesian Government-Distributed English Textbook: Combining Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics.- Suggestions for Vocabulary Focused Reading Lessons for Mainstream Classrooms Addressing Both L1 and L2 Learners.