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Children master language quickly and with relative ease, supported by both biological predisposition and reinforcement. B. F. Skinner (1957) proposed that language is learned through reinforcement, while Noam Chomsky (1965) argued that language acquisition mechanisms are biologically determined.
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Aprendizaje de vocabulario en una segunda lengua: La interacción entre el modo de aprendizaje, el modo de prueba y la

Paula Janjić¹, John P Spencer¹, Kenny R Coventry¹

¹University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, UK.

|December 20, 2025

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La efectividad del aprendizaje de vocabulario en una segunda lengua (L2) depende de la correspondencia entre los métodos de aprendizaje y prueba y los tipos de palabras. Las pruebas basadas en texto benefician a los verbos y preposiciones, apoyando modelos híbridos de idiomas para la adquisición de L2.

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Aprendizaje basado en imágenes Aprendizaje de segundas lenguas Efectos del método de prueba Aprendizaje basado en texto Adquisición de vocabulario Efectos de la clase de palabra

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