Agustín Llach Lexical Errors and Accuracy in Foreign Language Writing

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84769-476-8
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 58, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Second Language Acquisition

Lexical errors are a determinant in gaining insight into vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary use and writing quality assessment. Lexical errors are very frequent in the written production of young EFL learners, but they decrease as learners gain proficiency. Misspellings are the most common category, but formal errors give way to semantic-based lexical errors as proficiency increases, likewise, the direct influence of the L1 also reduces in favour of more elaborated transfer mechanisms and L2 influence. The different categories of lexical errors indicate the stage of learning. This book uses a study of young EFL learners to suggest that lexical accuracy is a crucial component of writing assessment, and that lexical errors are useful in predicting writing quality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agustín Llach, María del Pilar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: An Outline

Part I: Lexical Competence and Lexical Errors

Chapter 1. Vocabulary Acquisition in the Second Language

Chapter 2. Variables Affecting Lexical Production

Chapter 3. Vocabulary and Writing

Chapter 4. Lexical Errors in SLA

Part 2: Lexical Error Production in Young Spanish Learners’ Written Compositions

Chapter 5. Designing a Study to Explore Lexical Errors in Writing

Chapter 6. Lexical Error Production: Changes over Time

Chapter 7. Lexical Errors in Writing Quality

Chapter 8. Lexical Errors and Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge

Chapter 9. Some Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Agustín Llach, María del Pilar
María Pilar Agustín Llach is a lecturer at the Department of Modern Languages of the Universidad de La Rioja. Among her main research interests are the examination of vocabulary acquisition and teaching in the light of different variables such as age, gender, proficiency level, mother tongue influence, or learning context (CLIL vs. non-CLIL). Other vocabulary-related issues such as lexical errors, lexical transfer, and instruments used to measure vocabulary knowledge are included in her research.