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Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Av James Milton

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Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition 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. It examines the tools we have for assessing the various facets of vocabulary knowledge such as aural and written word recognition, the link with word meaning, and vocabulary depth. These are illustrated and the scores they produce are demonstrated to provide normative data. Vocabulary acquisition from course books and in the classroom in examined, as is vocabulary uptake from informal tasks. This book ties scores on tests of vocabulary breadth to performance on standard foreign language examinations and on hierarchies of communicative performance such as the CEFR.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-10-06
Mått156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt445 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSecond Language Acquisition
Antal sidor288
FörlagChannel View Publications Ltd
ISBN9781847692078

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James Milton worked in Nigeria and Libya before coming to Swansea University where he established the Centre for Applied Language Studies and the Department of Applied Linguistics. His research and teaching focuses principally on vocabulary acquisition and measurement in foreign languages. This research is combined with commercial EFL textbook writing. Recent books include Modelling and Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge and Studies in First and Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition.

Introduction1. Explanations and Definitions2. Word Difficulty, Word Frequency and Acquisition: Lexical Profiles3. Frequency and Coverage4. Measuring Vocabulary Breadth: Passive Recognition Vocabulary5. Measuring Other Aspects of Vocabulary Breadth6. Measuring Productive Vocabulary Knowledge7. Measuring Vocabulary Depth8. Vocabulary Acquisition and Assessments of Language Level9. Vocabulary Acquisition and Classroom Input10. Vocabulary Acquisition and Informal Language Input11. Implications for Learning and Teaching: Theory and PracticeBibliography

This volume represents a much needed update on issues in assessing vocabulary. It displays the empirical grounding and rigor that only an established scholar like James Milton can provide. A refreshing aspect of the book is that the author questions even the most basic preconceived notions that scholars and teacher practitioners might have about what it means to know a word and to assess this knowledge, and that he reports on the results of his inquiry in an honest and even-handed way.