Journal Archives
2023 · 2
Theoretical Exploration of the Lexical Availability Task as a Tool for the Selection of Vocabulary to be Taught in Class
Since its conception in the 1950s, the Lexical Availability Task (LAT) has steadily gained prominence as an assessment tool in language teaching and learning, perhaps due to the fact that it not only provides a useful in…
The Controlled Productive Vocabulary of Unimodal EFL Learners
The present study seeks to fulfill the following three objectives: (1) to examine the controlled productive vocabulary of unimodal EFL learners, (2) to identify their perceptual learning style preferences, and (3) to det…
Fostering Cultural Understanding Through Vocabulary: The Case of Graded Readers
In the present study, a selection of two adapted versions addressed to basic and intermediate levels (A1-B1) of the classic novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens will be compared in terms of their cultural vocabular…
Exploring the Productive Vocabulary of EFL Learners Through Lexical Availability
This study has two objectives. The first is to ascertain whether there exists a relationship between the level of productive vocabulary and lexical availability in English as a foreign language. The second is to explore…
Vocabulary Building on the Move with the Prime Machine: Evaluation of a Cross-platform Corpus-based Game for English Vocabulary Learning
The development of corpus methods has led to a deepened understanding of the patterning of vocabulary, with positive impacts on learner dictionaries, vocabulary profiling and text analysis, as well as hands-on language l…
The Relationship Between Incidental Vocabulary Learning and Extensive Listening to Podcasts
The increasing popularity of listening to podcasts for the purpose of improving English among Armenian teenagers raises the question as to what impact this might have on incidental vocabulary learning. A positive impact…
Creating a Context for Vocabulary Growth
This paper presents a practice-based action research study in which, based on a thorough analysis of the students’ vocabulary knowledge and learning objectives, a rich context is created for the acquisition of English vo…
Relationship Between Collocational Competence and Collocation Learning Strategies in an English for Specific Purposes Context
Development of L2 learner's collocational competence is among the most complex aspects of language acquisition. It is strongly influenced by external factors such as instruction, L2 language proficiency, L1 influence, as…
Vocabulary Within a Four Strands Curriculum: An Interview with Paul Nation
In this interview, Paul Nation answers a number of pertinent questions at length. The questions address the origin of his interest in vocabulary, in addition to his views on ways in which vocabulary is learned, taught, a…