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Download full textNam Nhat Lien; Nhi Hoa Mai; Nguyen Huynh Trang – TESL-EJ, 2024
In EFL countries where English is rarely practiced outside the classroom, textbooks have become the major input source for learners. Particularly in Vietnam, multiple textbook series are available simultaneously for the same grade. Thus, it is important to examine if their vocabulary is appropriate and of similar difficulty. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Independent Study, English (Second Language)
Mohamad, Alif Fairus Nor; Puteh, Sharifah Nor – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
It is difficult for most of the second language learners in Malaysia to function proficiently in English language due to limited vocabulary knowledge. It has also been challenging for TESL graduates to fit in as ENP teachers due to the lack of specialized vocabulary knowledge in nursing field. Thus, a course books has always been a highly…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, English for Special Purposes, Word Lists, Second Language Learning
Direct linkMiller, Don – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2011
Developing reading skills in a second language presents learners with many challenges, including lexico-grammatical decoding. An additional challenge is posed by the different registers of written text and the associated lexico-grammatical features with which learners must contend. Questioning the efficacy of using non-academic reading texts in…
Descriptors: Readability, Textbooks, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Harris, Albert J. – 1972
The Harris-Jacobson Basic Elementary Reading vocabularies contain 7,613 words found to be basic in 14 series of textbooks for grades 1 through 6. They include a core list, an additional list, a technical vocabulary, and a total alphabetical list. Comparisons with the Dale list and the Botel list show very high degrees of overlapping with the…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Comparative Analysis, Computer Programs, Content Area Reading
Peer reviewedGunderson, Lee – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Discusses large corpus and pedagogical word lists. Develops two word lists based on 80 compositions of second-, fifth-, eighth-, and eleventh-grade students from a metropolitan school district in western United States. Compares both favorably to the Dolch list. Notes remaining need to investigate vocabulary of individual beginning reading texts.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11
Price, Victoria – 1986
The vocabulary used in textbooks and standardized tests for English as a second language (ESL) is examined to determine how much variation exists. Word lists were compared for six difficulty levels in five frequently-used ESL textbook series (a total of 30 books). Three series of standardized proficiency/placement tests at different levels were…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)
