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A Reconsideration of the Construct of "a Vocabulary for Japanese Learners of English": A Critical Comparison of the JACET Wordlists and New General Service Lists
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Shin’ichiro Ishikawa – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2019
By comparing the vocabularies included in the Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET) wordlists (1993, 2003, and 2016 editions) and recently released New General Service Lists (Brezina & Gablasova, 2013; Browne, 2013), we tried to identify the construct of "the vocabulary for Japanese learners" with which JACET…
Descriptors: Word Lists, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Research on Contextual Memorizing of Meaning in Foreign Language Vocabulary
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Xu, Linjing; Xiong, Qingxia; Qin, Yufang – World Journal of Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of contexts in the memory of meaning in foreign vocabularies. The study was based on the cognitive processing hierarchy theory of Craik and Lockhart (1972), the memory trace theory of McClelland and Rumelhart (1986) and the memory trace theory of cognitive psychology. The subjects were non-English…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Memorization, Cognitive Psychology, Role
Improved Delivery of Lexical Information in a Computer Assisted Reading Program.
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Nara, Hiroshi – CALICO Journal, 1994
Reports on a development in interactive Japanese at a new facility where lexicographical information can be viewed with full contextual information. This information is available for any word in the 65 texts incorporated in the course. This method of showing all the collocations of a word was implemented to help users monitor progress. (24…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Context Effect