Lexical Errors and Accuracy in Foreign Language Writing

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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 *