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Peer reviewedLaufer, Batia; Nation, Paul – Applied Linguistics, 1995
This study proposes a new measure of lexical richness, the Lexical Frequency Profile (LFP), which looks at the proportion of high-frequency general service and academic words in learners' writing. The results of a study involving 65 second-language students indicated that LFP scores were comparable to scores on other vocabulary measures. (14…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Software, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Cole, Peter; And Others – Studies in Language Learning, 1981
The use of PLATO computer assisted instructional materials to teach Modern Hebrew at the University of Illinois is considered. To enable students to progress toward competency with the full range of styles in use in Israel including conversation, journalistic, and literary Hebrew, an emphasis is placed on informal spoken Hebrew during the first…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Games
