Turkish EFL Learners' Lexical Competence and Performance

Autor/inn/en	Çakmak, Ceren Tasatan; Merç, Ali
Titel	Turkish EFL Learners' Lexical Competence and Performance
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17 (2021), S.946-964 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Çakmak, Ceren Tasatan) ORCID (Merç, Ali)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Vocabulary Development; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); College Preparation; Academic Language; State Universities; Foreign Countries; College Second Language Programs; Receptive Language; Expressive Language; English Literature; Correlation; Language Tests; Speech Communication; Task Analysis; Student Attitudes; Preferences; Word Frequency; Scores; Language Proficiency; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wortschatzarbeit; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Staatliche Universität; Ausland; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Englische literatur; Korrelation; Language test; Sprachtest; Aufgabenanalyse; Schülerverhalten; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Türkei
Abstract	Vocabulary has been accepted as an important aspect of language learning in many studies. In the light of these studies in literature, the purpose of the present study is to evaluate the general and academic lexical competence and performance of preparatory class students at School of Foreign Languages, Kütahya Dumlupinar University. Within this aim, the current study investigated the students' general and academic receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge and their interrelationships among each other. The participants of the study included 94 preparatory class students who were going to major at Department of English Language and Literature. Through multiple test technique, two different vocabulary tests, a writing task, and a speaking task were implemented. According to the results, the students had large general and academic vocabulary size and depth. However, they mostly preferred high frequency words more than low frequency words and academic words. Moreover, their scores in productive vocabulary were lower than their receptive vocabulary knowledge scores. Therefore, it was observed that they could not reflect their lexical competence in their lexical performance. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01