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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.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: An Outline
Part 1: 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 Learnersโ 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
Appendices
Appendix 1: The ESL Composition Profile
Appendix 2: The Composition Task
Appendix 3: The 2000 Vocabulary Levels Test
Appendix 4: The 1000 Word Test
Appendix 5: The Cloze Test
Appendix 6: The Reading Comprehension Test
Appendix 7: The Questionnaire
References
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