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Learning academic vocabulary through reading online news
International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 2023Abstract Although corpus-driven studies have suggested that non-academic texts such as online news can be a potential resource for learning specialized words and multiword sequences, no intervention studies have been conducted to examine whether learning actually happens from exposure to these texts.
Thi Ngoc Yen Dang, Cailing Lu
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Is There an “Academic Vocabulary”?
TESOL Quarterly, 2007This article considers the notion of academic vocabulary: the assumption that students of English for academic purposes (EAP) should study a core of high frequency words because they are common in an English academic register. We examine the value of the term by using Coxhead's (2000) Academic Word List (AWL) to explore the distribution of its 570 word
Hyland, Ken, Tse, Polly
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Measuring depth of academic vocabulary knowledge
Language Teaching Research, 2022In 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 academic ...
John Read, Thi Ngoc Yen Dang
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Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
PurposeMany preschoolers, especially those from low-income households, would benefit from instruction to enrich their vocabulary and language repertoires. Yet, explicit instruction of vocabulary and language skills generally occurs infrequently in early childhood education settings. This study investigated the additive effects of teacher-led, classwide
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PurposeMany preschoolers, especially those from low-income households, would benefit from instruction to enrich their vocabulary and language repertoires. Yet, explicit instruction of vocabulary and language skills generally occurs infrequently in early childhood education settings. This study investigated the additive effects of teacher-led, classwide
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FOAF-Academic Ontology: A Vocabulary for the Academic Community
2011 Third International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, 2011The aim of Semantic Web is to add machineprocessable information to the Web. Our focus is on information related to people. This problem in Semantic Web is addressed by the FOAF Vocabulary. FOAF Vocabulary describes people, their activities and the people they know.
Edlira Kalemi, Edlira Martiri
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Academic Vocabulary : Putting Words in Academic Texts in Perspective
South African Journal of Linguistics, 2000Toetse van woordeskatgrootte onder studente wat deur middel van 'n tweede taal studeer, het aangedui dat hulle gewoonlik nie beskik oor die basiese, akademiese en gevorderde woordeskatte wat deur hulle voorgeskrewe leesstof vereis word nie. Dit is uit hierdie bevindings duidelik dat sulke studente nie leksikaal in staat daartoe is nie om stukke ...
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Listening for schwa in academic vocabulary
Reading Psychology, 2018The schwa sound, as the most frequent in English, is a near constant in words of three syllables or longer in academic texts.
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Vocabulary in academic lectures
Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2022openaire +1 more source
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010
James F. Baumann, Michael F. Graves
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James F. Baumann, Michael F. Graves
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