ncidental Vocabulary Acquisition (IVA)
Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition is a vocabulary learning strategy, defined as the learning
of new words as a by-product of a meaning-focused communicative activity, such as reading,
listening and interaction. It occurs through multiple exposures to a word in different contexts.
Learners are able to acquire vocabulary through extensive reading, communicative interactions
and exposure to natural input such as movies and television. This strategy entails extensive
comprehensible input and independent learning (Huckin and Coady, 1999:185).