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The Effect of Peripheral Learning on Vocabulary Acquisition, Retention and Recall Among Iranian EFL 　　Abstract 　　This study is an attempt to investigate the effect of peripheral learning on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary acquisition, retention and recall. Peripheral learning here refers to the perception occurring implicitly and incidentally as a result of continuous?exposure?to the increasing quantity of information (Taylor, 1990). 80 female participants aged between 18 to 21 were selected and randomly divided in two groups, namely as the experimental and control groups. Before starting the treatment, a validated content-based test was administered to both groups as the pre-test. Then, after the treatment, three post-tests were administered as immediate recall, delayed recall and retention test respectively. The results demonstrated a significant difference between the two groups for each post-test. By analyzing the results, it was revealed that the peripheral exposure of vocabulary to the participants had a very significant impact on the participants’ vocabulary acquisition, retention, and recall. 　　Key words: Peripheral learning; Vocabulary acquisition; Retention and recall 　　Mojgan Bahmani, Abdolreza Pazhakh, Masoud Raee Sharif (2012). The Effect of Peripheral Learning on Vocabulary Acquisition, Retention and Recall Among Iranian EFL Learners. Higher Education of Social Science, 3(1), -0. Available from URL: /index.php/hess/article/view/j.hess.1927024020120301.1132 DOI: /10.3968/j.hess.1927024020120301.1132 　　Introduction 　　There are two popular views on what it means to learn a second language. One view holds that it means months and even years of 慽ntentional?study, related to memorizing thousands deof words, their meaning, pronunciation and spelling. The other view holds that much of the burden of intentional learning can be taken off the shoulders of the language learner by such processes as ‘incidental’, ‘implicit’, ‘accidental’, ‘subconscious’,