You may acquire academic words from leisure activities such as gaming, viewing, and reading.
What is it about?
English second language adolescent learners spend a lot of time in activities in front of a digital device offering them plenty of involvement with the English language. Upper-secondary students preparing for university will need to have a good command of the English typical for academic settings. This study showed that leisure activities (e.g., gaming, viewing) correlate with academic vocabulary knowledge. Extensive viewing, reading and gaming explain more of the variance in academic word knowledge than do, e.g., parental educational level, years of English instruction.
Why is it important?
The study suggests that instruction within the school can make use of the incidental vocabulary learning opportunities that leisure activities show. Furthermore, the results indicate that the investigated academic language skill component depends more on individual behavior than an equitable education.