Our paper "Costs and benefits of spacing for second language vocabulary learning: Does relearning override the positive and negative effects of spacing?” is now available online on Language Learning: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/la… Yuichi Suzuki | 鈴木祐一 Xuehong (Stella) He

Pice ar y maen/Welshcakes at the LRC Swansea awayday! Discussion includes: Bilingualism & Down Syndrome; Welsh medium HE; Instructed SLA; eye-tracking informed teaching; strategic vocab selection; Cymraeg language resources; Policy impact; feedback literacy; AI & assessment…

How can we personalize vocabulary learning? We found that personalizing vocabulary practice based on individual learning speed can enhance long-term retention. While most flashcard apps use fixed criteria, our findings suggest... twtr.to/N5fTU

- Efficient learners benefit from reduced practice - Less efficient learners require more rigorous practice Learning speed/efficiency predicts memory retention better than language aptitude (memory ability). Hence, the title of this paper: Efficiency Tumps Aptitude.

Suzuki, Y., Nakata, T., & He, X. (2024). Efficiency trumps aptitude: Individualizing computer-assisted second language vocabulary learning. ReCALL, 1-18. doi:10.1017/S095834402400020X