The Effect of Content Retelling on Vocabulary Uptake From a TED Talk

This study investigates the potential benefits for incidental vocabulary acquisition of implementing a particular sequence of input–output–input activities. More specifically, learners of English as a foreign language ( EFL ; n = 32) were asked to watch a TED Talk video, orally sum up its content in English, and then watch the video once more. A comparison group ( n = 32) also watched the TED Talk video twice but were not required to sum it up...