ERIC - Search Results

Publication Date

In 2025	0
Since 2024	0
Since 2021 (last 5 years)	2
Since 2016 (last 10 years)	2
Since 2006 (last 20 years)	3

Descriptor

Computational Linguistics	3
Second Language Instruction	3
Second Language Learning	3
Word Lists	3
Language Tests	2
Nouns	2
Profiles	2
Reading Comprehension	2
Reading Materials	2
Teaching Methods	2
Vocabulary Development	2
Adults	1
Age Differences	1
Children	1
Childrens Literature	1
Foreign Countries	1
Generalization	1
Incidental Learning	1
Language Research	1
Learning Processes	1
Listening Comprehension	1
Reading Programs	1
Reading Research	1
Speech Communication	1
Vocabulary	1
More ▼

Source

Reading in a Foreign Language	1
Studies in Second Language…	1
TESOL Quarterly: A Journal…	1

Author

Webb, Stuart	3
Macalister, John	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	3
Reports - Descriptive	1
Reports - Evaluative	1
Reports - Research	1

Education Level

Audience

Location

New Zealand

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 3 results Save | Export

The Lemma Dilemma: How Should Words Be Operationalized in Research and Pedagogy?

Peer reviewed

Direct link

Webb, Stuart – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021

Recently there has been some debate about the appropriacy of different lexical units in pedagogy and research (e.g., Brown et al., 2020; Dang & Webb, 2016a; Kremmel, 2016; Laufer & Cobb, 2020; McLean, 2018; Nation, 2016; Nation & Webb, 2011; Vilkaite-Lozdiene & Schmitt, 2020). The lexical unit (word types, lemmas, flemmas, word…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods

Research Investigating Lexical Coverage and Lexical Profiling: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and What Needs to Be Examined

Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC

Download full text

Webb, Stuart – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021

Studies of lexical coverage are valuable because they reveal the importance of vocabulary knowledge to comprehension. Lexical profiling research is also extremely useful because it indicates the vocabulary knowledge necessary to understand different text types such as novels, newspapers, academic lectures, television programs, and movies.…

Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development

Is Text Written for Children Useful for L2 Extensive Reading?

Peer reviewed

Direct link

Webb, Stuart; Macalister, John – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013

The researchers completed a corpus-driven analysis of 688 texts written for children, language learners, and older readers to determine the vocabulary size necessary for comprehension and the potential to incidentally learn vocabulary through reading each text type. The comparison between texts written for different audiences may indicate their…

Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Vocabulary, Nouns, Word Lists