This book explores how lexical competence develops in a foreign language, and also argues for the importance of lexical accuracy as a measure of the quality of foreign language writing and as an indicator of receptive vocabulary knowledge.
Lexical errors and accuracy in foreign language writing
โ Scribed by Mariฬa Pilar Agustiฬn Llach
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 262
- Series
- Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England), 58
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content: Introduction: An OutlinePart I: Lexical competence and lexical errors Chapter 1. Vocabulary acquisition in the second language Chapter 2. Variables affecting lexical production Chapter 3. Vocabulary and writing Chapter 4. Lexical errors in SLA Part 2: Lexical error production in young Spanish learners' written compositions Chapter 5. Designing a study to explore lexical errors in writing Chapter 6. Lexical error production: changes over time Chapter 7. Lexical errors in writing quality Chapter 8. Lexical errors and receptive vocabulary knowledge Chapter 9. Some concluding remarks
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