Patterns of Vocabulary Development in Foreign-Language Learners
1987 ◽
Vol 9
(2)
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pp. 201-219
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Keyword(s):
After an introductory discussion of the concepts of vocabulary knowledge continua and foreign-language learners' mental lexicons, the paper presents the results of a longitudinal pilot study whose aim was to make preliminary insights into vocabulary development as it takes place in an ordinary foreign-language classroom setting involving elementary-level Swedish-speaking learners of English. The results are discussed in terms of vocabulary growth in general, the learners' accessibility to words under time pressure, the relationship between “old,” well-known words and newly learned words, and finally, the stability of the learners' immediate access to words.
2016 ◽
Vol 36
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pp. 50-72
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2020 ◽
Vol 10
(1)
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pp. 45-65
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2018 ◽
Vol 35
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pp. 69-79
2018 ◽
Vol 8
(1)
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pp. 21-45
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2021 ◽
Vol 11
(4)
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pp. 161-175