35.793, Books: Knowledge-based Vocabulary Lists: Schmitt et al. (2024)

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Date: 12-Feb-2024
From: Janet Joyce [jjoyce at equinoxpub.com]
Subject: Knowledge-based Vocabulary Lists: Schmitt et al. (2024)


Title: Knowledge-based Vocabulary Lists
Series Title: British Council Monographs on Modern Language Testing
Publication Year: 2024
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
                http://www.equinoxpub.com/
Book URL: https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/knowledge-based-vocab/

Author: Norbert Schmitt
Author: Karen Dunn
Author: Barry O'Sullivan
Author: Laurence Anthony
Author: Benjamin Kremmel
Abstract:

In teaching second language (L2) vocabulary, it is useful to have a
way of prioritizing words to teach from among the multitude available.
Word frequency, i.e. how often various words appear in written and
spoken discourse, has typically been used to inform the emphasis
taken. This volume explores the need for word lists based on direct
tests of learner knowledge to inform L2 pedagogy. The Knowledge-based
Vocabulary Lists (KVL) are introduced, and a description of the
theoretical and practical basis for their development is given,
highlighting pedagogical and assessment situations in which it is
beneficial to know whether learners are likely to be able produce and
correctly spell the words they know. A focus on L2 learners of English
from Chinese, German, and Spanish L1 backgrounds resulted in three
ranked lists of English-language word knowledge. The comparative
probability of learners from these language backgrounds knowing each
word are presented, and the correspondence with existing information
about word frequency, word acquisition sequence, and word difficulty
is explored. The value of the KVL is discussed in terms of providing
one of the few evidence-based descriptions of L2 form-recall
vocabulary knowledge available to teachers and researchers.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Language Acquisition

Written In: English (eng)



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