
Lexical Errors and Accuracy in Foreign Language Writing
Maria del Pilar Agustin Llach(Author)
Multilingual Matters (Publisher)
Published on 18. July 2011
Book
Hardback
247 pages
978-1-84769-417-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
This book presents an inspiring study of lexical errors by second language learners. The volume will be particularly welcomed by experts and students in the fields of vocabulary acquisition and of young learners in instructed second language acquisition. It will also help EFL teachers to gain valuable understanding of students' errors and insights for vocabulary teaching. -- Carmen Munoz, University of Barcelona, Spain This book provides applied linguistics researchers as well as students and practitioners with an up-to-date, comprehensible account of the lexical errors produced in early writing by a large sample of young Spanish EFL learners. As far as I know there are no studies like the one contained in this book. Vocabulary research has hardly paid attention to lexical errors, let alone young EFL learners. This book is a valuable contribution to understanding more on how young EFL learners acquire and develop vocabulary in school contexts, as well as how lexical errors interrelate with learners' lexical knowledge and quality of writing. -- Rosa Maria Jimenez Catalan, Universidad de La Rioja, Spain This book provides a useful resource for students/researchers commencing work on L2 acquisition. -- Trevor Jenkins, Freelance Communication Support Worker/Community (Sign Language) Interpreter * LINGUIST LIST24.378 *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84769-417-1 (9781847694171)
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Maria Pilar Agustin 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.
Content
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
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