The Effect of Semantic Relatedness on EFL Learners’ Cognitive Processing of L2 Words

Vahid Rahmani Doqaruni

Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2022, , Pages 63-73

https://doi.org/10.22034/iepa.2022.168321

Abstract
  Due to both experimental and theoretical controversies on semantic relatedness research in second/foreign language (L2) education, the present study provides an alternative approach by investigating English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners’ cognitive processing of semantically related and unrelated ...  Read More

Language Psychology
The Cognitive Ease of Processing Semantically Related Words in Second Language Education

Vahid Rahmani Doqaruni

Volume 4, Issue 15 , October 2021, , Pages 77-83

https://doi.org/10.22034/iepa.2021.143987

Abstract
  The current study presents an alternative approach toward semantic relatedness research in second/foreign language (L2) education as it looks at the issue from a cognitive perspective. The participants were 35 intermediate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. A semantic priming experiment was ...  Read More