Words for what? Contrasting university students’ receptive and productive academic vocabulary needs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2017.11.002
Abstract: With the objective of determining what academic vocabulary students use productively, and exploring the relationship between receptive and productive academic vocabulary, this paper continues the dialog on what constitutes academic vocabulary. By adopting a set… read more here.
Keywords: vocabulary needs; productive academic; academic writing; academic vocabulary ... See more keywords
Developing a new academic vocabulary test
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2019.02.004
Abstract: Despite the central role of vocabulary in language learning, and the increasing interest in academic vocabulary, materials for testing academic vocabulary are not common. This paper reports on the development of a new test of… read more here.
Keywords: vocabulary test; new academic; test; academic vocabulary ... See more keywords
When a bug is not a bug: An introduction to the computer science academic vocabulary list
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2021.101044
Abstract: Abstract This article presents the Computer Science Academic Vocabulary List (CSAVL), a pedagogical tool intended for use by English-for-specific-purpose educators and material developers. A 3.5-million-word corpus of academic computer science texts was developed in order… read more here.
Keywords: list; academic vocabulary; vocabulary list; computer science ... See more keywords
Children's Productive Use of Academic Vocabulary
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DOI: 10.1080/0163853x.2016.1166889
Abstract: Instructional influences on productive use of academic vocabulary were investigated among 460 mostly African American and Latina/o fifth graders from 36 classrooms in eight public schools serving low-income families. Students received a 6-week unit on… read more here.
Keywords: use; unit; use academic; productive use ... See more keywords
The effectiveness of texting to enhance academic vocabulary learning: English language learners’ perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2017.1366923
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study examined university undergraduate English language learners’ (ELLs) perspectives on an intervention, Word Matters, that aimed to enhance functional academic vocabulary learning critical to their cognitive academic language proficiency development (Cummins, 1989), a… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; english language; vocabulary learning; language learners ... See more keywords
Teaching Academic Vocabulary to Sixth-Grade Students With Disabilities
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DOI: 10.1177/0731948718821091
Abstract: Adolescents with disabilities have great difficulty with academic content in middle school, and their teachers have difficulty teaching them to understand and use academic language. We taught teachers of sixth-grade students with learning disabilities, more… read more here.
Keywords: grade students; sixth grade; teaching academic; academic vocabulary ... See more keywords
Spanish L1 EFL learners’ recognition knowledge of English academic vocabulary: The role of cognateness, word frequency and length
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DOI: 10.1515/applirev-2018-0109
Abstract: Academic vocabulary knowledge predicts students’ academic achievement across educational levels. English academic vocabulary knowledge is especially valuable because English is used in academia worldwide. Therefore, examining the factors that can predict English academic vocabulary knowledge… read more here.
Keywords: english academic; word frequency; word; frequency ... See more keywords