Involvement load hypothesis and vocabulary learning: Analysis of search and evaluation patterns through a think-aloud method. (관여도 가설과 어휘학습: 사고구술기법을 통한 탐색과 평가의 양상 고찰)

Kang Hae Ran (강혜란)

Involvement load hypothesis and vocabulary learning: Analysis of search and evaluation patterns through a think-aloud method.

Modern English Education
Abbr : MEESO
2024, 25(), pp.177~196
Publisher : The Modern English Education Society
Research Area : Humanities > English Language and Literature > English Language Teaching
Received : May 4, 2024
Accepted : July 3, 2024
Published : July 10, 2024

Kang Hae Ran ¹

¹인제대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the effect of search and evaluation on vocabulary learning based on the involvement load hypothesis. Search and evaluation are cognitive components of task-induced involvement. This research examined how Korean university students at different English proficiency levels sought for and processed target words when engaging in productive word-focused tasks. Three types of tasks were used: gap-filling, gap-filling through word transformation, and writing original sentences. While these tasks have the same total involvement load, they differed in their specific levels of search and evaluation. To explore whether the differential distribution of search and evaluation could lead to varying search patterns and cognitive processing of target words, a think-aloud method, in-depth interviews, and observations were employed. All qualitative data were transcribed, analyzed, and coded using NVivo 14. Results indicated that the higher the index of search and evaluation, the more frequently searches and evaluations occurred. However, types of vocabulary knowledge searched in a dictionary, methods and purposes of using dictionaries, and the degree of cognitive involvement with target words varied according to proficiency level.

KEYWORDS

vocabulary learning, involvement load hypothesis, think-aloud, proficiency level

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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