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

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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

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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