About this ebook
Expert contributors from around the world synthesize the state of the art by defining key concepts and laying out the major theoretical perspectives, research methodologies, empirical findings, and pedagogical considerations involved in incidental L2 vocabulary learning research. By connecting research techniques to the theory that underpins them, detailing practical steps for designing and conducting rigorous new studies, and highlighting areas that deserve additional research attention, they further set the agenda for future work in this field and put readers in a strong position to understand and carry out this research independently.
This book will be an invaluable resource to advanced students and researchers of second language acquisition, vocabulary studies, applied linguistics, education, and related areas.
About the author
Mark Feng Teng is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics in the Faculty of Languages and Translation at Macao Polytechnic University. He is the author of Language Learning through Captioned Videos: Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition (2021), co-author of Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition (2023), and co-editor of Theory and Practice in Vocabulary Research in Digital Environments (forthcoming, 2025).
Barry Lee Reynolds is Associate Professor of English Language Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Macau. He is sole editor of Vocabulary Learning in the Wild (2023) and co-editor of Innovative Approaches in Teaching English Writing to Chinese Speakers (2021) and English Literacy Instruction for Chinese Speakers (2019).