Vocabulary across Languages Flashcards
What is an obligatory prerequisite in establishing new L2 form-meaning connections?
Sufficient attention or noticing (conscious of & attention to input)
What are the types of Vocabulary Learning?
1) Explicit
2) Implicit
3) Incidental
What is Explicit (Intentional) Vocabulary Learning?
High intentionality, high awareness
Noticing novel vocabulary, selectively attending to it & using a variety of strategies to try to infer its meaning from the context
What is Implicit Vocabulary Learning?
No intentionality/awareness
The meaning of a new word is acquired totally unconsciously as a result of abstraction from repeated exposures in a range of activated contexts
What is Implicit Vocabulary Learning for?
L1 vocabulary acquisition
What is Incidental Vocabulary Learning?
No intentionality, possible awareness (indirect induced awareness)
Learning of one stimulus feature while concentrating on another stimulus feature
What is Explicit Memory?
Info you consciously work to remember
What is Implicit Memory?
Info remembered unconsciously & effortlessly
What is Breadth of Vocab Knowledge (Passive/Receptive Vocab)?
Quantity of lexical items known to learner with minimally superficial knowledge at a particular level of language proficiency
What is a clinical measure for Vocab Breadth?
Peabody Picture Vocab Test (PPVT-IV)
What is Depth of Vocab Knowledge (Active/Expressive Vocab)?
Quality of lexical knowledge or how well they know by producing it in speech
What is a clinical measure for Vocab Depth?
Expressive Vocab Test (EVT-2)
What are some BLAB (Bilingual Language Assessment Battery)?
1) Preschool Parent Report (measures L1 ability of 5yo preschoolers on basis of judgement of parent/cargiver by providing estimate of composite frequency of lang child is exposed to daily)
2) Preschool Teacher report (measures L1 ability of 5yo preschoolers on basis of judgement of child’s teacher)
3) Receptive Vocab Test (locally developed computerised auditory picture-matching task that measures single-word receptive vocab)
4) Object & Action Naming Battery (measures expressive vocab in both child’s languages)
What did Shivabasappa et al (2018) examine?
How deficits in morphosyntax & vocab can manifest in core vocab use of bilingual children with pri lang impairment
What were the findings in Shivabasappa et al’s study?
Children with PLI were less productive in use of core vocab words compared to children with TD
