The Effect of Emotional Context and Valence on Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: Experimental Investigation, Multifaceted Analysis, and Pedagogical Applications

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In the extended fourth fiscal year of 2022 (FY2022), PI kept on implementing the learning system E-NAWL (Enriched, Emotional, Educational, Electronic New Academic Word List) in a university-level English as a foreign language learning setting. Co-I made improvements on the interleaved spaced repetition learning software and the server Eigomemo, solving technical troubles and improving the software user experiences. Notably, now Eigomemo has more gamification functions that facilitate student engagement - such as medal systems and log-in bonuses. The progress of E-NAWL was published as a co-authored journal article in March 2023: Kanazawa, Y., & Lafleur, L. (2023). ENAWL: Enriching the New Academic Word List with emotional valence , familiarity, and knowledgeability. Kokusaigaku Kenkyu - Journal of International Studies, 12(1), 141-151. PI further collected emotional data of academic English words, this time including new data concerning the third emotional dimension on top of valence and arousal, i.e., dominance. Throughout the school year, lexical dominance data were collected for all E-NAWL items and formulaic items. In addition, E-NAWL contextual arousal data were newly collected, too, supplementing the contextual valence data collected in FY2021. Moreover, submitted manuscripts, one about the lexical and contextual valence, the other about the interleaved spaced repetition learning software, are currently under review.