Second/Foreign Language Lexical Competence: Its Dimensions and Ways of Measuring It

Autor/in	Choudhury, Anindya Syam
Titel	Second/Foreign Language Lexical Competence: Its Dimensions and Ways of Measuring It
Quelle	In: Journal on English Language Teaching, 5 (2015) 3, S.34-42 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2231-3338
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Language Usage; Case Studies; Vocabulary Development; Linguistic Competence; Language Research; Language Tests; Communicative Competence (Languages); Universities; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Dictionaries; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachgebrauch; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Wortschatzarbeit; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachforschung; Language test; Sprachtest; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; University; Universität; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Dictionary; Wörterbuch; Indien
Abstract	Although it is a core component of a language user's overall linguistic competence, vocabulary has traditionally not received the kind of attention it deserved, being usually lumped with other kinds of competence till 1980s and 1990s when researchers started focusing on it with great interest. The present paper discusses what the notion of lexical competence entails, and also attempts to look at how vocabulary researchers have conceptualized its dimensions, especially the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge. The paper also discusses the different ways in which these dimensions of lexical competence can possibly be measured, drawing data from an ongoing cross-sectional study on lexical competence in Assam University. (As Provided).
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