Lists the Spanish verbs most frequently used, in order of frequency. (NCR)

Outlines a method of determining which words should be selected as the basic vocabulary for French courses. Rather than using frequency as its criterion, this method defines lexical utility in terms of definition, inclusion, extension, and combination. The Quebec list and the Francais Fondamental are evaluated. (EJS)

This reverse dictionary of contemporary standard German is based on 174,170 words from 10 running texts of various genres. It is intended to close the gap in source and study aids for linguistic studies relating to advanced German language courses. The dictionary is arranged in reverse order, i.e., it is read backwards starting on the last page. A…

This article discusses various approaches to vocabulary selection for second language teaching. The criteria of availability, familiarity, coverage, and meaning are suggested as important in vocabulary selection. (AM)

This is an alphabetized list of 400 frequent German words for rapid checking against the end glossaries of elementary German textbooks. The emphasis is on words that would not automatically be included in any such textbook as part of the structural and morphological inventory of German. Words on the list were selected from the list in order of…

Several basic problems in the field of the selection of vocabulary for teaching English as a foreign language are discussed. The nature of word frequency and word availability are considered, along with their limitations as measures of the usefulness of concrete nouns. Word familiarity is proposed as a psycholinguistic measure for noun selection,…

This bibliography is divided into five sections. The first section cites bibliographies relevant to the study of word frequency, while the second section gives references to word lists. The third and fourth parts deal with general vocabulary studies and related articles, respectively. The fifth section concerns structural frequency counts, with…

Discusses word familiarity, an attempt to measure the degree of importance people attribute to words, and its role in preparing a basic word-list for the teaching of English as a second or foreign language. Word familiarity ratings for 192 nouns are presented. (FB)

This list contains 3,173 Italian words with indications of their relative difficulty. The collection was compiled from two earlier selections: (1) the "Knease List" of some 400,000 running words based on 40 Italian literary works published in Italy and scored according to range and frequency, and (2) the "Skinner List" constructed according to…