Incidental learning in second language acquisition

Open Access
Authors
Publication date 2013
Host editors
  • C.A. Chapelle
Book title The encyclopedia of applied linguistics
ISBN
  • 9781405194730
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781405198431
Volume | Issue number 5
Pages (from-to) 2632-2640
Number of pages 5
Publisher Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract The term incidental learning is used, in applied linguistics, to refer to the acquisition of a word or expression without the conscious intention to commit the element to memory, such as "picking up" an unknown word from listening to someone or from reading a text.
Document type Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0530
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