The importance of listening and reading Listening and reading is "the most important of all the sources of vocabulary learning (Nation, 2022, p. 336). Moreover, e xtensive reading increases the opportunities of guessing from context which is an essential tool to grow a learner’s vocabulary size and therefore enhance text comprehension. In fact, extensive is one the various types of contexts for learning vocabulary, other types include: Taking part in conversations Listening to stories Viewing films, television and web-based resources (Nation, 2022, p. 336-337) Incidental or intentional learning? According to Hulstijn (2003) incidental learning refers to the process that learners are not conscient that a test will take place. In other words, students are learning without the idea of preparing themselves for a test. Learning vocabulary from context should be largely incidental learning, but there should be a deliberate, intentional focus on developing the skills and strategie...
UnEssay - Vocabulary Learning from Context