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A limited productive oral vocabulary can cause a significant level of frustration for learners of English. Words carry the foundational information required to communicate thoughts and participate in meaningful conversations and, without sufficient word knowledge, communication is limited. Moreover, participating in conversation requires an ability to understand words that are heard, but also the ability to use words appropriately in speech. Yet, it is generally accepted that learners’ receptive vocabulary (i.e., words understood in reading and listening) is significantly larger than their p...

Sonia Colina’s profile on The Conversation

Developing L2 learners’ productive mastery of vocabulary is a challenging task. Recent research has called for greater attention to understanding how receptive vocabulary may be transformed for productive use (Schmitt, 2019). Using a design-based research methodology, this study investigated adult ESL learners’ productive oral vocabulary development through engaging them in a series of classroom workshops where they were exposed to nine target words in five different contexts. Findings suggest that such exposure to words combined with phonological form-focused elaboration facilitates the d...

An M.V. Signs Then and Now collaboration with Oak Bluffs Library’s Signed Language Practice Circle brings special guests for a unique opportunity to a sign language talk and Q and A with sign language interpreters on Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 6:30 pm at the library. Guests include Dr. Jody Cripps, a deaf ASL […]

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