Lexical richness and collocational competence in second-language writing.

Autor/inn/en	Vedder, Ineke; Benigno, Veronica
Titel	Lexical richness and collocational competence in second-language writing.
Quelle	In: International review of applied linguistics in language teaching, 54 (2016) 1, S. 23-42 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Anmerkungen 4; Tabellen 5
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0019-042X; 1613-4141
DOI	10.1515/iral-2016-0015
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Sprachtest; Kollokation; Vergleichende Analyse; Wortschatz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Italienischunterricht; Schreiben
Abstract	In this article the authors report on an experiment set up to investigate lexical richness and collocational competence in the written production of 39 lowintermediate and intermediate learners of Italian L2. Lexical richness was assessed by means of a lexical profiling method inspired by Laufer and Nation (1995) and developed by Bardel, Lindqvist and Gudmundson. The lexical profiler was used to compare the lexical richness of the L2 texts with that of 18 native speakers of Italian. The study focuses on the relationship between lexical richness, operationalized as lexical frequency, and the overall proficiency level in Italian of the L2 learners, measured by a C-test. In order to get a deeper insight into the development of lexical skills in L2, next to the lexical profiling method, an additional analysis of the use of collocations in L2 and L1 was carried out. The results show that although a relationship in L2 between lexical richness, collocational competence and general language proficiency could not be demonstrated, there appeared to be a number of traits which differentiate L2 and L1 writers. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2