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Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
Abstract Lexical diversity (LD) has been shown to be a strong predictor of second language (L2) proficiency. However, most current indices combine all word classes into a single measure and thus only capture the broadest patterns of lexical variation.
Taehyeong Kim +4 more
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Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency
Abstract This exploratory study investigated the role of communicative intent in second language (L2) oral practice by comparing communicative and meaningful drills. English language learners played a game designed to elicit repeated use of the second conditional.
Jonathan Serfaty
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D. M. Ovsianyko-Kulikovsky as an Orthologist: the Cognitive-evolutionary Coverage
The article is devoted to the cognitive-evolutionary coverage of D. M. Ovsianyko-Kulikovsky's beliefs as an orthologist who expressed his orthological convictions regarding the norms of syntactic agreement of adjectives with homogeneous noun phrases. The
Sergiy Popov
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Abstract This study examined how task design, task motivation, and learner engagement influenced L2 vocabulary learning by comparing learner‐generated content (LGC) and teacher‐generated content (TGC) in a classroom setting. One hundred sixty‐three Japanese high school students from five intact classes were assigned to LGC, TGC, or a test‐only control ...
Gaia Oikawa, Takumi Uchihara
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Desemantization as a specificity of everyday communication
Introduction. The problem of desemantization in linguistics is considered from different sides: as a consequence of the development of the meaning of a word, as a phenomenon caused by the weakening of the nominative function, as a result of the influence
V. M. Gryaznova
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Abstract Research on the distributed practice effect, that is the impact of different intervals between learning sessions, has investigated both intentional and incidental learning of second language vocabulary and grammar targets. This research is complex and has produced conflicting findings: whereas robust effects have been shown for intentional ...
Shona Whyte +3 more
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Communal Noun/Verb Poetry [PDF]
In 2013, the Exley family escaped the rat race for 6 months, touring around Australia in a caravan. Alicia (aged 12) and Luke (aged 8) took turns to write blog posts, many of which turned into chronological recounts of one adventure or another. However,
Exley, Beryl
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Abstract Vocabulary knowledge plays a crucial role in L2 proficiency, significantly impacting learners' reading comprehension. Although extensive research has explored whether knowledge of base words extends to recognition of derivational forms, results are inconsistent, especially among learners from non‐Indo‐European linguistic backgrounds.
Mastoor Al‐Kaboody +5 more
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Lexical Syllabus in Elementary and Secondary Education: Construction and Implementation
Abstract Nonnative language users operate with significantly limited vocabularies compared to native speakers, particularly when the language is learnt in school contexts. This paper demonstrates how empirical research on vocabulary learning combined with experience in teaching and curricula design has informed the principled construction of a lexical ...
Batia Laufer
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Noun + noun compounds in Irish placenames
Mac Giolla Easpaig Dónall. Noun + noun compounds in Irish placenames. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 18, 1981. pp.
Mac Giolla Easpaig, Dónall
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