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Direct linkOzturk, Meral – Language Learning Journal, 2015
This article reports the results of two studies on the vocabulary growth of advanced learners of English as a foreign language in an English-medium degree programme. Growth in learners' written receptive and productive vocabularies was investigated in one cross-sectional and one longitudinal study over three years. The effect of word frequency on…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Receptive Language
Gruber, Alice; Tonkyn, Alan – Language Learning Journal, 2017
It is widely assumed that the British are poorer modern foreign language (MFL) learners than their fellow Europeans. Motivation has often been seen as the main cause of this perceived disparity in language learning success. However, there have also been suggestions that curricular and pedagogical factors may play a part. This article reports a…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Llewellyn-Williams, Jill – Language Learning Journal, 2014
This study examines the problems encountered by trainee language teachers who strive to maintain their language skills at their optimum level in the classroom. Many trainees will admit that their language skills need refreshing and a significant number of mentors agree with them. This article explores language attrition and strategies that can be…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Case Studies, Mentors
Fitzpatrick, Tess; Al-Qarni, Ibrahim; Meara, Paul – Language Learning Journal, 2008
This paper describes a single-subject study of vocabulary acquisition. The subject, an L1 English speaker, was required to learn 300 vocabulary items in Arabic at a rate of 15 new words a day over a period of 20 days. The learning period was followed by immediate and delayed tests of receptive and productive knowledge of target items. The…
Descriptors: Test Results, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Semitic Languages
Richards, Brian; Malvern, David; Graham, Suzanne – Language Learning Journal, 2008
This article reports research into the development of vocabulary in lower-intermediate level learners of French as a foreign language in Year 12 in 20 schools in the south of England. The focus of attention is the role of less common, or non-basic, vocabulary at a stage in students' learning when they have just moved to a much more advanced…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Word Frequency
Staehr, Lars Stenius – Language Learning Journal, 2008
This paper presents an empirical study investigating the relationship between vocabulary size and the skills of listening, reading and writing in English as a foreign language (EFL). The participants were 88 EFL learners from lower secondary education whose language skills were assessed as part of the national school leaving examination in…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Foreign Countries, Writing Ability, Listening Skills
