Journal of English Language Teaching

Story-Listening in Indonesia: A Replication Study

Beniko Mason

Shitennoji University Junior College, Osaka, Japan

Ken Smith

Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Stephen Krashen

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California,

Keywords: Replication, vocabulary acquisition, Story-Listening (SL), Comprehension- Aiding Supplementation (CAS).

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Abstract

This study reports on an attempted replication of four previous Story-Listening studies. Conducted with EFL students from five Asian countries, findings confirmed that subconscious vocabulary acquisition can not only occur from Story-Listening using Comprehension-Aiding Supplementation, but also confirmed that gains are durable.

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