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
Format: Article
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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Summary: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.
ISSN:2981-9954