Description
| Product ID: | 9781847692078 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Second Language Acquisition |
| Title: | Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition |
| Authors: | Author: James Milton |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Language acquisition, Language acquisition, Language learning: specific skills, Language learning: specific skills |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition describes 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, the scores these produce, and the way these are tied to exam and communicative performance. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Multilingual Matters |
| Publisher Name: | Channel View Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-10-06 |
