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John Read; Thi Ngoc Yen Dang – Language Teaching Research, 2025
In second language (L2) vocabulary studies there is continuing interest in tests of depth of vocabulary knowledge, measuring various aspects of word knowledge other than just the form--meaning link that is the focus of breadth (or size) tests. This study aimed to explore new formats that could be used as diagnostic tools for assessing depth of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Jing Wang – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This article explores how leading textbook authors select and instruct vocabulary in beginner and intermediate Chinese textbooks used in the United States. Leading textbook authors were approached; subsequently; four authors completed interviews with pre-designed questions. Grounded theory methodology was used to analyse the interviews, and their…
Descriptors: Textbook Preparation, Authors, Grammar, Word Frequency
Pong-ampai Kongcharoen; Jiraporn Dhanarattigannon; Tirote Thongnuan – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
This study aimed to investigate the lexical competence of English-major EFL students. The learner corpus comprised 552 pieces of writing by sophomore English majors during five academic years between 2017 and 2021, containing 190,506words in total. The results from Vocab Profile program showed that these students used words contained in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Departments, Writing Assignments, Majors (Students)
Maryam Barghamadi; Amanda Müller; James Rogers; Joanne Arciuli – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
The study explored the impact of proficiency, frequency, L1-L2 congruency, and semantic transparency on the knowledge of multi-word units (MWUs) among Iranian L2 learners (N = 256). A gap-filling test was used to assess learners' productive knowledge, employing a high-frequency MWU list created with the lemmatised concgramming method. The list,…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
Hou, Peng; Kraisame, Sarawut – rEFLections, 2023
This paper provides an experimental study of interlanguage phonological characteristics of Chinese students learning Thai as a foreign language and the accentedness perceived by native Thai speakers. Both production and perception experiments were designed to see how Chinese students acoustically produced Thai final nasal consonants and how Thai…
Descriptors: Phonology, Pronunciation, Thai, Second Language Learning
Phonphanich, Siriluck H.; Burusphat, Somsonge – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
This study is a case study of the effects of tonal L1 on the acquisition of tonal L2, comparing two groups of tonal L1 learners, namely, Chinese Zhuang (C+Z) and Chinese non-Zhuang (C-Z) in the same classroom. The two groups of learners read aloud 60 words from a Thai wordlist, then their tone production was analyzed in two dimensions. The…
Descriptors: Thai, Chinese, Tone Languages, Second Language Learning
Coxhead, Averil – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
Knowledge of vocabulary is essential for learners of any language, and unfortunately, it has become clear recently the learners of English in a variety of contexts have not scored well on vocabulary tests. Low scores are problematic for language use and success in general, but they cause particular problems when it comes to the vocabulary needed…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
Paul Sevigny; Lindsay Mack; Lance Stilp; Maiko Berger – SAGE Open, 2024
This study expands arguments calling for a more rigorous approach to high-frequency vocabulary list-based learning in EFL learning environments. Test and flashcard item designs were validated through quantitative (midterm and final test) and qualitative (survey) results to explore the impact of digital flashcards designed to build recall-level…
Descriptors: Recognition (Psychology), Recall (Psychology), Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language)
Qiao Wang; Ralph L. Rose; Ayaka Sugawara; Naho Orita – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2025
VocQGen is an automated tool designed to generate multiple-choice cloze (MCC) questions for vocabulary assessment in second language learning contexts. It leverages several natural language processing (NLP) tools and OpenAI's GPT-4 model to produce MCC items quickly from user-specified word lists. To evaluate its effectiveness, we used the first…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Multiple Choice Tests
Sally Kondos – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2025
The study explored the correlation between teaching lexical bundles and improving writing skills in English composition courses. The study addressed two research questions. First, to what extent can the explicit teaching of lexical bundles facilitate greater comprehension and retention of the elements of the bundles? Second, the study investigated…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Tomoko Ishii; Phil Bennett; Tim Stoeckel – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2021
The choice of word counting units (i.e. word family, flemma, or lemma) is of great importance in vocabulary list and test creation, as there are assumptions underpinning the use of each. Flemma-based counting assumes that if a learner can understand the meaning of a word in one part of speech (POS), they can also understand its meaning when the…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Word Lists, College Students, Barriers
Fauzi, Iwan – International Journal of Language Education, 2021
Interlanguage is the most fruitful issue in the field of second language acquisition. In the interlanguage phase, Indonesian learners of English tend to alternate between two forms of language features to express the same language function where a variation of language forms will be exhibited to mark the variable of linguistic function.…
Descriptors: Phonology, Indonesian, Interlanguage, Word Lists
Fioravanti, Irene; Senaldi, Marco Silvio Giuseppe; Lenci, Alessandro; Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna – Second Language Research, 2021
The present investigation focuses on first language (L1) and second language (L2) speakers' sensitivity to lexical fixedness and compositionality of Italian word combinations. Two studies explored language users' intuitions about three types of word combinations: free combinations, collocations, and idioms. In Study 1, Italian Verb+Noun…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Italian, Phrase Structure
Tanaka, Hiroya; Ohnishi, Akio; Urano, Ken; Ozawa, Shinya; Nakanishi, Daisuke – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This paper reports on the learning framework integrating a web e-portfolio and two mobile applications. It also reports on a preliminary study on how learners used different systems or materials to study for vocabulary tests in a particular general English course at a Japanese university, and how they recognized the usefulness of each system and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning
Horness, Paul – rEFLections, 2020
Formulaic language, such as lexical phrases as hot as hell or pass the buck, in English is common in daily usage. Although formulaic language is common, the lexical phrases are often excluded from word lists. Second language learners of English need to use formulaic language to enhance their proficiency level. Beyond incorporating lexical phrases…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Mnemonics