Vocabulary and writing in a first and second language
Subtitle: processes and development
By: Dorte Albrechtsen, Kirsten Haastrup, and Birgit Henriksen ; foreword, Alister Cumming
Contributors: Haastrup, Kirsten; Henriksen, Birgit
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781403939661
Subjects: Danish speakers; Danish language; Study and teaching; Second language acquisition; English language
Description: "Vocabulary and Writing in a First and Second Language is based on a large scale empirical study. The innovative feature of the research was that the same students were asked to do the same tasks in both languages while reporting their thinking as they went along. Furthermore, they had to undertake the same tasks even though they were of very different experience, ranging from young children at school to university students. Three areas of learners' competencies and skills were explored: vocabulary knowledge, word-guessing strategies and writing. The authors further explore the relationship between the skills and describe the level of development for individual learners within the three areas. In all cases, statistical and qualitative analyses are offered based on the learners' own 'think-aloud' reports. Both researchers and teachers of language will find this in-depth approach useful in understanding the processes of both first and second language performance."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-221) and index.