Despite the abundance of research investigating general and academic vocabularies and developing dozens of word lists, few studies have compared academic vocabulary with general service word lists such as conversation vocabulary. Many EAP researchers assume that university students need to know all the words in West’s (1953) General Service List (GSL) as a prerequisite to academic words (e.g., ...

In this paper we describe our analysis of vocabulary across three sets of Japanese ESL texts. We focus upon frequency analysis of individual words and multiword sequences (n-grams), giving cross comparisons of 2, 3 and 4-gram multiword sequences. In addition, we consider the degree of emphasis on multiword vocabulary that is evident in each textbook corpus. This is derived from analysis of the ...

We report an investigation of individual differences in handwriting latencies and number of errors in a spelling-to-dictation task. Eighty adult participants wrote a list of 164 spoken words (presented in two sessions). The participants were also evaluated on a vocabulary test (Deltour, 1993). Various multiple regression analyses were performed (on both writing latency and errors). The analysis...

Ideas Ecological or political messages integrated in the project. Three-Dimensionality Instead of spreading the items into a flat object, the object has height. Internal Visualization Showing what is inside with a cutaway or transparent piece. Richness of Imagery Artistic appeal: Particularly cute or beautiful work. Copyright © 2012 SciRes. 481 A. N. WEBB, A. C. RULE Table 3. Vocabulary address...