Ronald M. Miller

List of John Benjamins publications in which Ronald M. Miller is involved.

Articles

Hansen, Lynne, Andrew Colver, Wonhye Chong, Helama Pereira, Jeremy Robinson, Akihiro Sawada and Ronald M. Miller 2012 Chapter 6. The lost word: Vocabulary attrition in six mission languages Second Language Acquisition Abroad: The LDS Missionary Experience, Hansen, Lynne (ed.), pp. 111–134 | Article

This study replicates the investigation of missionary vocabulary acquisition reported in the previous chapter in an examination of vocabulary attrition in the same population following the mission. Time since the period spent overseas is found to be the strongest predictor of returnee vocabulary… read more

Hansen, Lynne, Karri Lam, Livia Orikasa Nufer, Paul Rama, Geraldine Schwaller and Ronald M. Miller 2012 Chapter 5. In the beginning was the word: Vocabulary learning in six mission languages Second Language Acquisition Abroad: The LDS Missionary Experience, Hansen, Lynne (ed.), pp. 89–108 | Article

This chapter examines vocabulary acquisition by adult learners of six mission languages: German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish. Although the data show little relationship between pre-mission L2 exposure and mission vocabulary acquisition, the length of exposure time on the… read more