New directions in L2 lexical development

Lexical competence can be defined as one’s ability to use words differentially and fully. In this paper I shall first present my views concerning lexical development in order to comment on each of the following four articles: Lexical Development and Learners’ Practices in a Content-based Learning C...

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Main Author: Shigenori Tanaka
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Language:English
Published: Castledown Publishers 2012-12-01
Series:Vocabulary Learning and Instruction
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Online Access:https://www.castledown.com/journals/vli/article/view/1450
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description Lexical competence can be defined as one’s ability to use words differentially and fully. In this paper I shall first present my views concerning lexical development in order to comment on each of the following four articles: Lexical Development and Learners’ Practices in a Content-based Learning Course by Andy Barfield, The Frequency Model of Vocabulary Learning and Japanese Learners by Dale Brown, A Study of Learners’ Intuitions Behind the Use of Utterance Verbs in English by Yoshiaki Sato and Aaron Batty, and, Utilizing Student-Generated Pictures for Formative Vocabulary Instruction by Charles Anderson.
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spelling doaj-art-26e21ec10eb24b0ebf72c0e9f5f02cd02025-08-20T02:43:13ZengCastledown PublishersVocabulary Learning and Instruction2981-99542012-12-011110.7820/vli.v01.1.tanakaNew directions in L2 lexical developmentShigenori Tanaka0Keio University Lexical competence can be defined as one’s ability to use words differentially and fully. In this paper I shall first present my views concerning lexical development in order to comment on each of the following four articles: Lexical Development and Learners’ Practices in a Content-based Learning Course by Andy Barfield, The Frequency Model of Vocabulary Learning and Japanese Learners by Dale Brown, A Study of Learners’ Intuitions Behind the Use of Utterance Verbs in English by Yoshiaki Sato and Aaron Batty, and, Utilizing Student-Generated Pictures for Formative Vocabulary Instruction by Charles Anderson. https://www.castledown.com/journals/vli/article/view/1450lexical competencelexical developmentsecond language acquisitionvocabulary breadthvocabulary depthdiscussant
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New directions in L2 lexical development
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lexical competence
lexical development
second language acquisition
vocabulary breadth
vocabulary depth
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title_short New directions in L2 lexical development
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lexical development
second language acquisition
vocabulary breadth
vocabulary depth
discussant
url https://www.castledown.com/journals/vli/article/view/1450
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