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Table 3 Characteristics of the moderator variables of the primary studies

From: The effectiveness of L2 vocabulary instruction: a meta-analysis

Study Name

No of participants

Context

Age Range

Proficiency level

Technology Type

Types of Target words

Publication type

Rukholm 2011

66

SL

adult

elementary

Authentic Songs

Abstract

dissertation

Radwen & Boyer 2011

48

FL

adult

Intermediate

Reading Task

Abstract

paper

Fehr et al.,2012

43

SL

Child

Elementary

CALL

NA

paper

Beaten et al. 2005

30

SL

adult

Intermediate

CALL

Concrete

paper

Mori 2011

30

FL

adult

Intermediate

Authentic songs

Abstract

dissertation

Esit 2011

33

FL

adult

Intermediate

CALL

NA

paper

Cetin & Flamand 2012

31

FL

Child

Elementary

Poster

Concrete

paper

Florence et al., 2006

100

FL

adult

Intermediate

CALL

NA

paper

Ferguson 2009

56

SL

adult

Intermediate

CALL

Abstract

dissertation

Meli 2009

93

SL

adult

Elementary

CALL

NA

dissertation

Metaxca 2013

130

EFL

adult

Advanced

Authentic songs

Abstract

dissertation

Tongpoon 2009

160

FL

adult

Intermediate

Reading Task

Abstract

dissertation

Dyni 2006

24

SL

child

Elementary

Reading Task

concrete

dissertation

Yang 2011

160

FL

adult

Intermediate

CALL

concrete

dissertation

Dilans 2010

23

SL

adult

Intermediate

Reading Task

concrete

dissertation

Ko 2012

90

FL

adult

Intermediate

Reading Task

Abstract

paper