Vocabulary in textbooks for young learners
An extensive vocabulary is necessary for successful communication in a foreign language. According to the Swedish National Agency for Education, the teaching of English in Sweden is often based on one textbook and on that textbook only. The purpose of this study is therefore to describe what vocabu...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Danish |
| Published: |
Malmö University Press
2015-03-01
|
| Series: | Educare |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://publicera.kb.se/educare/article/view/53855 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849311251809697792 |
|---|---|
| author | Marie Nordlund |
| author_facet | Marie Nordlund |
| author_sort | Marie Nordlund |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
An extensive vocabulary is necessary for successful communication in a foreign language. According to the Swedish National Agency for Education, the teaching of English in Sweden is often based on one textbook and on that textbook only. The purpose of this study is therefore to describe what vocabulary is presented in one teaching material aimed at school years 4–6 (age group 10–12 years) in Sweden. More precisely, the following questions have been considered: (i) what are the most frequent words in the textbooks? and (ii) to what extent do words recur in the textbooks? To answer these questions, a corpus of the texts in the three books was compiled. The analyses show that although the texts appear to have been chosen to appeal to the age groups aimed for, there does not seem to be any consciously considered rationale behind the choice of what vocabulary to include, many words occur only once and the necessary repetition of words is thus lacking.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-a10b09e8dc1c46a6884207f9dc85d2e1 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2004-5190 |
| language | Danish |
| publishDate | 2015-03-01 |
| publisher | Malmö University Press |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Educare |
| spelling | doaj-art-a10b09e8dc1c46a6884207f9dc85d2e12025-08-20T03:53:27ZdanMalmö University PressEducare2004-51902015-03-01110.24834/educare.2015.1.1145Vocabulary in textbooks for young learnersMarie Nordlund0Luleå University of Technology An extensive vocabulary is necessary for successful communication in a foreign language. According to the Swedish National Agency for Education, the teaching of English in Sweden is often based on one textbook and on that textbook only. The purpose of this study is therefore to describe what vocabulary is presented in one teaching material aimed at school years 4–6 (age group 10–12 years) in Sweden. More precisely, the following questions have been considered: (i) what are the most frequent words in the textbooks? and (ii) to what extent do words recur in the textbooks? To answer these questions, a corpus of the texts in the three books was compiled. The analyses show that although the texts appear to have been chosen to appeal to the age groups aimed for, there does not seem to be any consciously considered rationale behind the choice of what vocabulary to include, many words occur only once and the necessary repetition of words is thus lacking. https://publicera.kb.se/educare/article/view/53855Englishfrequencyrepetitionvocabulary acquisitionword frequencies |
| spellingShingle | Marie Nordlund Vocabulary in textbooks for young learners Educare English frequency repetition vocabulary acquisition word frequencies |
| title | Vocabulary in textbooks for young learners |
| title_full | Vocabulary in textbooks for young learners |
| title_fullStr | Vocabulary in textbooks for young learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vocabulary in textbooks for young learners |
| title_short | Vocabulary in textbooks for young learners |
| title_sort | vocabulary in textbooks for young learners |
| topic | English frequency repetition vocabulary acquisition word frequencies |
| url | https://publicera.kb.se/educare/article/view/53855 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT marienordlund vocabularyintextbooksforyounglearners |