Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposure

The aim of this study is to analyse the possible effects of Age of Onset (AO), Cognitive Maturity (Age at Testing-AT-) and Amount of Exposure (AE) on the productive vocabularies of learners of English as a Foreign Language (FL). Three groups of bilingual Catalan/Spanish students were tested towards...

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Autor: Miralpeix, Imma
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palavra-chave:Lexicografia
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Vocabulari
Lexicography
Second language acquisition
Vocabulary
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spelling Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposureMiralpeix, ImmaLexicografiaAdquisició d'una segona llenguaVocabulariLexicographySecond language acquisitionVocabularyThe aim of this study is to analyse the possible effects of Age of Onset (AO), Cognitive Maturity (Age at Testing-AT-) and Amount of Exposure (AE) on the productive vocabularies of learners of English as a Foreign Language (FL). Three groups of bilingual Catalan/Spanish students were tested towards the end of Secondary Education. The groups differed in AO (8 vs. 11 years), AT (16 vs.17) and AE (726 vs. 800 hours). They performed four different tasks: three oral (an interview, a storytelling and a roleplay) and one written (a composition). The tasks were analysed with measures extrinsic to the learners’ production. Firstly, their Lexical Frequency Profiles were computed with VocabProfile (Nation, 1995). Secondly, P_Lex (Meara, 2001) was used to assess the lexical richness of the texts. Furthermore, Anglo-Saxon and Greco-Latin Cognate indices were obtained for each of the tasks. Results show that an early AO does not necessarily suppose an advantage for Early Starters (ES), as Late Starters’ (LS) productive vocabularies are very similar to those of their younger peers.Universidad de Murcia2026202620072026info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion23 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/225164Articles publicats en revistes (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a:International Journal of English Studies (IJES), 2007, vol. 7, num.2, p. 61-83cc-by-nc-nd (c) Universidad de Murcia, 2007http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2251642026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposure
title Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposure
spellingShingle Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposure
Miralpeix, Imma
Lexicografia
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Vocabulari
Lexicography
Second language acquisition
Vocabulary
title_short Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposure
title_full Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposure
title_fullStr Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposure
title_full_unstemmed Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposure
title_sort Lexical knowledge in instructed language learning: the effects of age and exposure
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Miralpeix, Imma
author Miralpeix, Imma
author_facet Miralpeix, Imma
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Lexicografia
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Vocabulari
Lexicography
Second language acquisition
Vocabulary
topic Lexicografia
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Vocabulari
Lexicography
Second language acquisition
Vocabulary
description The aim of this study is to analyse the possible effects of Age of Onset (AO), Cognitive Maturity (Age at Testing-AT-) and Amount of Exposure (AE) on the productive vocabularies of learners of English as a Foreign Language (FL). Three groups of bilingual Catalan/Spanish students were tested towards the end of Secondary Education. The groups differed in AO (8 vs. 11 years), AT (16 vs.17) and AE (726 vs. 800 hours). They performed four different tasks: three oral (an interview, a storytelling and a roleplay) and one written (a composition). The tasks were analysed with measures extrinsic to the learners’ production. Firstly, their Lexical Frequency Profiles were computed with VocabProfile (Nation, 1995). Secondly, P_Lex (Meara, 2001) was used to assess the lexical richness of the texts. Furthermore, Anglo-Saxon and Greco-Latin Cognate indices were obtained for each of the tasks. Results show that an early AO does not necessarily suppose an advantage for Early Starters (ES), as Late Starters’ (LS) productive vocabularies are very similar to those of their younger peers.
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