Influence of Native Language Vocabulary and Topic Knowledge on Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning in Health Care Providers

Adults attending short, language for specific purpose courses may have expertise not utilized in general foreign language courses. The present study investigates two factors that may influence the acquisition of medical Spanish vocabulary in such persons: native English vocabulary size and topic kno...

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Main Authors: Marcia Foresee Drumhiller, Paula J. Schwanenflugel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-05-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244013487913