Applying Lexical Profiling to Construct Technical Word Lists for Thai Tourist Guides

Autor/inn/en	Laosrirattanachai, Piyanuch; Laosrirattanachai, Piyapong
Titel	Applying Lexical Profiling to Construct Technical Word Lists for Thai Tourist Guides
Quelle	In: PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 62 (2021), S.61-91 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0125-2488
Schlagwörter	Word Lists; Tourism; Word Frequency; Instructional Materials; Computational Linguistics; Academic Language; Foreign Countries; Vocabulary Development; Information Retrieval; Profiles; Computer Software; Guides; English (Second Language); Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wortliste; Tourismus; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Academic; Language; Languages; Akademiker; Sprache; Wissenschaftssprache; Ausland; Wortschatzarbeit; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Handbuch; Leitfaden; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache
Abstract	When learning high- and mid-frequency words, approximately 5,000 words might be inadequate for learners to survive in a career as a tourist guide. This paper aims to construct technical word lists for Thai tourist guides to serve as supplementary learning materials. Different word lists need different criteria for their construction. Three main methods are used to construct word lists: lexical profiling, eliminating off-list words, and expert verification. The self-compiled corpus comprising 653,196 tokens gathered from www.tourismthailand.org is used to construct six sub-word lists including the technical word list for Thai tourist guides containing 391 words and the technical word lists for northern, central, eastern, northeastern, and southern Thai tourist guides composing of 245, 264, 138, 187, and 176 words, respectively. The authors suggest using the word lists after mastering 2,000 high-frequency words, 570 academic words, and 378 tourism business words to prepare learners for their future career paths. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Chulalongkorn University Language Institute. Prem Purachatra Building, Chulalongkom University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Tel: +66-2-218-6092; Fax: +66-2-218-6104; e-mail: pasaa.editor@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.culi.chula.ac.th/publicationsonline/home_p1.php
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01