VOCABULARY PROFILES IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT THE END OF SPANISH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

In this study we identify the number and the characteristics of the words used in letters by Primary and Secondary school EFL learners at the end of Spanish compulsory educational stages. The compositions were submitted to WordSmith Tools (Version 6.0) so as to classify the words according to alphab...

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Autor principal:	JIMÉNEZ CATALÁN,ROSA Mª
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Concepción. Facultad de Humanidades y Arte 2016
Materias:	Vocabulary Learner Corpus EFL learners Primary School Education Secondary School Education
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description	In this study we identify the number and the characteristics of the words used in letters by Primary and Secondary school EFL learners at the end of Spanish compulsory educational stages. The compositions were submitted to WordSmith Tools (Version 6.0) so as to classify the words according to alphabetic order, word frequency, statistical lists and collocation patterns in each of the courses under examination. We completed this quantitative analysis by means of a qualitative analysis of the top 50 word types for each course. Results revealed an increase in the means of words used in each educational stage, although the increase was lower than expected and practically based on substantives rather than on verbs, adjectives or adverbs. From a qualitatively perspective, we found similarities in the vocabulary used in the two courses. Nevertheless, we also observed differences that suggest the existence of idiosyncratic features at the end of each educational stage.
author	JIMÉNEZ CATALÁN,ROSA Mª
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author_sort	JIMÉNEZ CATALÁN,ROSA Mª
title	VOCABULARY PROFILES IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT THE END OF SPANISH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
title_short	VOCABULARY PROFILES IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT THE END OF SPANISH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
title_full	VOCABULARY PROFILES IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT THE END OF SPANISH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
title_fullStr	VOCABULARY PROFILES IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT THE END OF SPANISH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
title_full_unstemmed	VOCABULARY PROFILES IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT THE END OF SPANISH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
title_sort	vocabulary profiles in english as a foreign language at the end of spanish primary and secondary education
publisher	Universidad de Concepción. Facultad de Humanidades y Arte
publishDate	2016
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VOCABULARY PROFILES IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AT THE END OF SPANISH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

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