Vocabulary

 

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                   Name:-  Rathod Neha R.
                   Class:- M.A. Sem-3
                   Roll No:- 28
                   Email Id:- neharathod108@gmail.com
                   Year:- 2015-2016
                    Paper No:- 12
                   Topic:-  Vocabulary

                  Vocabulary

            

Vocabulary and language teaching is written by Ronald Carter. In this book he talks about

                                          

1.   Quantitative Questions:-

             

Quantitative questions start from investigations into the number of words the learner knows or may need to know at a particular stage of learning. Issues of frequency, the construction of core vocabularies, definitions of the size of vocabularies required for specific tasks such as reading are uppermost.

2.   Processing Questions :-

                                   

              How we process language input has been a main orientation in second language acquisition research. The paper by Haastrup in this volume takes vocabulary processing as a starting point, exploring in particular how a group of learners develop lexical differencing strategies in their processing of new words.

3.Evaluation Questions :-

                 

                 In order to test a learner's knowledge of a word, it is necessary to understand fully what

it means to 'KNOW a word' or at least what it means effec7 tively to process lexical input. In his paper Arnaud investigates, by means of a 'multi-trait – multi - method' procedure, the extent to which separate tests of vocabulary and grammar are valid.

     4.   Questions of Difficulty :-

Definitions of 'difficult words' or 'easy words' are key elements in the question: 'what does it mean to know a word?' They are bound up with further questions of why some words are easier to recall than others, why some words can be retained over periods of time while others are more difficult to retain and what part is played by the specific learning encounter with a word in processing retention and recall.

5.   Developmental Questions :-

                               

                     

These latter papers show an involvement with questions of pedagogic strategies for vocabulary development which only underline the vital requirement of knowing more about vocabulary acquisition.

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