... offers few opportunities to learn new words through multiple encounters because the needed repetitions simply do not occur. Even when texts are long, only a small number of words meet the key criteria of being both uncommon and much repeated. For instance, in all 21,000 words of the simplified version of The Mayor of Casterbridge, we were able to identify only ... read the same text over and over again is less clear. We have seen intermediate ESL learners show considerable persistence in a language lab activity that required them to listen to a passage, read it out loud on tape, and rep...

• Word Count: 7274
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: Undergraduate