Category: Volume 8 Number 1 (2019)
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction
Volume 8 Number 1 (2019)
Vocabulary Instruction and Learning: A Commentary on Four Studies
Jenifer Larson-Hall - Four papers were presented by Shusaku Kida, Magda Kitano and Katsuhiro Chiba, Tim Stoeckel, and Raymond Stubbe.
Validating the Construct of Readability in EFL Contexts: A Proposal for Criteria
Geoffrey G. Pinchbeck - This article examines how English as a foreign language learners might be better matched to reading…
Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning and the Type of Processing-Resource Allocation Model
Shusaku Kida - This paper argues the nature of adult foreign or second language (L2) vocabulary learning and points out…
Comparing the Effectiveness of Word Cards and List Learning with Japanese Learners of English
Magda L. Kitano, Katsuhiro Chiba - This study investigated the recall of words learned through two deliberate learning techniques, word…
Evaluating the Efficacy of Yes-No Checklist Tests to Assess Knowledge of Multi-Word Lexical Units
Raymond Stubbe, Yumiko Cochrane - One of the many challenges facing Japanese university students studying English is the multi-word phrase.
An examination of the New General Service List
Tim Stoeckel - The New General Service List (NGSL, Browne, Culligan, & Phillips, 2013b) was published on an interim basis…
Commentary on Four Studies for JALT Vocabulary SIG
Yukio Tono - The four papers in this volume focused on mainly three areas: readability (Pinchbeck), wordlist evaluation (Ishikawa, Culligan),…
Evaluating Corpora with Word Lists and Word Difficulty
Brent A. Culligan - This study examines the application of an IRT analysis of words on lists including the General…
Michael McGuire - The concept of data-driven learning (DDL) - direct student use of corpora - has been gaining attention…
Shin'ichiro Ishikawa - By comparing the vocabularies included in the Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET) wordlists (1993, 2003,…