어휘 목록의 학습방법이 영어 어휘 기억에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The present study investigated the effects of repeated recall and repeated encoding in relation to long-term English vocabulary retention. Korean learners of English were divided into three different learning conditions(Repeated encode-recall, Repeated recall, Repeated encode), and they learned 160 English-Korean word pairs across four sets of study and test trials. A delayed recall test was given one week after the initial learning phase, and the results showed that although the cumulative learning curve was similar in all three learning conditions, Repeated encode-recall and Repeated recall conditions produced greater delayed recall rates compared to Repeated encode condition. Moreover, lexical decision test and word completion test were administered to examine word recognition and implicit learning of given words, but no significant group difference was found. Hence, this study suggests that repeated testing by engaging in the retrieval process of English vocabulary learning is a stronger determiner for long-term retention.