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Summary
Summary
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.
Author Notes
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.
Table of Contents
1 Chapter 1. Vocabulary Acquisition in the Second LanguageMaría del Pilar Agustín Llach |
2 Chapter 2. Variables Affecting Lexical ProductionMaría del Pilar Agustín Llach |
3 Chapter 3. Vocabulary and WritingMaría del Pilar Agustín Llach |
4 Chapter 4. Lexical Errors in SLAMaría del Pilar Agustín Llach |
5 Chapter 5. Designing a Study to Explore Lexical Errors in WritingMaría del Pilar Agustín Llach |
6 Chapter 6. Lexical Error Production: Changes over TimeMaría del Pilar Agustín Llach |
7 Chapter 7. Lexical Errors in Writing QualityMaría del Pilar Agustín Llach |
8 Chapter 8. Lexical Errors and Receptive Vocabulary KnowledgeMaría del Pilar Agustín Llach |
9 Chapter 9. Some Concluding RemarksMaría del Pilar Agustín Llach |