Knowledge-based Vocabulary Lists (British Council Monographs on Modern Language Testing, 5) - Softcover

Schmitt, Norbert; Dunn, Karen; O'Sullivan, Barry; Anthony, Laurence; Kremmel, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1800504144 ISBN 13: 9781800504141

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

In teaching second language (L2) vocabulary, it is useful to have a way of prioritizing words to teach from among the multitude available. Word frequency, i.e. how often various words appear in written and spoken discourse, has typically been used to inform the emphasis taken. This volume explores the need for word lists based on direct tests of learner knowledge to inform L2 pedagogy. The Knowledge-based Vocabulary Lists (KVL) are introduced, and a description of the theoretical and practical basis for their
development is given, highlighting pedagogical and assessment situations in which it is beneficial to know whether learners are likely to be able produce and correctly spell the words they know. A focus on L2 learners of English from Chinese, German, and Spanish L1 backgrounds resulted in three ranked lists of English-language word knowledge. The comparative probability of learners from these language backgrounds knowing each word are presented, and the correspondence with existing information about word frequency, word acquisition sequence, and word difficulty is explored. The value of the KVL is discussed in terms of providing one of the few evidence-based descriptions of L2 form-recall vocabulary knowledge available to teachers and researchers.

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Norbert Schmitt is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham. Dr. Karen Dunn is a Senior Researcher in measurement and evaluation at the British Council. Barry O'Sullivan is Head of Assessment Research and Development, the British Council, London, Visiting Professor of Language Assessment at the University of Reading, and Advisory Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Laurence Anthony is a Professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, Japan. He is a former director of the Center for English Language Education (CELESE) and is the coordinator of the CELESE technical English program. Benjamin Kremmel is Head of the Language Testing Research Group Innsbruck (LTRGI) at the University of Innsbruck.

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• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1800504144
• ISBN 13: 9781800504141
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 302
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