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However, C2 demonstrated that he had learned all 20 words as he achieved
100% in the written recall task.
Table 5.13
C2’s detailed performance on learning new vocabulary
Assessment (type) Raw score Assessment (type) Raw score
IR DR IR DR
CR – NAME (S) 4 3 Read aloud (R) 5 2
CR – NAME (W) 20 4 W-P match – NAME (L) 20 19
CR – SKILL (S/W) 18 0 W-P match – NAME (R) 20 20
CR – HABITAT (S/W) 20 12 W-P match – SKILL (L) 20 9
CR – FOOD (S/W) 20 12 W-P match – SKILL (R) 20 11
Recognition (L) 18 20 Categorisation–
20 10
HABITAT/FOOD (P)
Recognition (R) 20 20 Categorisation–
19 11
HABITAT/FOOD (R)
P-S match (P) 20 16
Syllable completion (R) 20 19 TOTAL SCORE 284 188
5.7.2.2 Delayed recall
As presented in Table 5.13, C2 recalled three of the newly learned words in
spoken form (two of these had not been recalled in spoken form in immediate
recall assessments) and two of these had phonemic errors. He also recalled four
of the new words in written form. However, C2 was able to match the initial
syllables of 19 words with their final syllable indicating that he still retained the
word form knowledge but required additional information about the new words to
aid recall. He also matched 19 creatures to their names for the listening wordpicture
matching task and 20 creatures for the reading form of this task. The
results indicated that although C2 required additional information to retrieve the
new word forms and meanings he had retained knowledge of the new
vocabulary that he had originally learned.
5.7.2.3 Summary of new learning
C2 demonstrated learning of the new vocabulary by recalling 89% of new
information for the immediate recall assessment tasks. He demonstrated longterm
retention of this information recalling 59% of information in delayed recall
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