The effect of frequency on learners’ ability to recall the forms of deliberately learned L2 multiword expressions
Seth Lindstromberg | Hilderstone College
June Eyckmans | Ghent University
In incidental learning, open class vocabulary items with high or relatively high objective frequency in input are
comparatively likely to be acquired. However, many single words and most multiword expressions (MWEs) occur infrequently in
authentic input. It has therefore been argued that learners of school age or older can benefit from episodes of instructed or
self-managed deliberate (or intentional) L2 vocabulary learning, especially when L2 is learned in an EFL environment and most
especially when productive knowledge is the goal. A relevant question is whether the objective frequency of vocabulary items is an
important factor in production-oriented deliberate L2 vocabulary learning. We report three small-scale interim meta-analyses
addressing this question with regard to two-word English Adj-Noun and Noun-Noun expressions. The data derive from 8 original
studies involving 406 learners and 139 different MWEs. Our results suggest that objective frequency has a weak, possibly negative
effect in the deliberate learning of MWE forms.
Keywords: L2 multiword expressions, productive knowledge, deliberate learning, frequency effect, phonological forms, free recall
Published online: 02 April 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.18005.lin
https://doi.org/10.1075/itl.18005.lin
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