Measuring second language vocabulary acquisition

✍ Scribed by James Milton

Publisher: Multiligual Matters
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 286
Series: Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England)
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Provides an examination of the background to testing vocabulary knowledge in a second language and in particular considers the effect that word frequency and lexical coverage have on learning and communication in a foreign language.

Content: Explanations and definitions --
Word difficulty, word frequency and acquisition : lexical profiles --
Frequency and coverage --
Measuring vocabulary breadth : passive recognition vocabulary --
Measuring other aspects of vocabulary breadth --
Measuring productive vocabulary knowledge --
Measuring vocabulary depth --
Vocabulary acquisition and assessments of language level --
Vocabulary acquisition and classroom input --
Vocabulary acquisition and informal language input --
Implications for learning and teaching : theory and practice.
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