Lexical Availability and Foreign Language Teaching: Main Contributions of a Growing Field
Teaching vocabulary presents a significant challenge in foreign language instruction. This article discusses the advantages that the results obtained in studies on lexical availability offer for foreign language teaching. The methodology of lexical availability, which involves extracting vocabulary...
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2024-03-01
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Teaching vocabulary presents a significant challenge in foreign language instruction. This article discusses the advantages that the results obtained in studies on lexical availability offer for foreign language teaching. The methodology of lexical availability, which involves extracting vocabulary that is closely associated with specific lexical categories, was first developed in France in the 1950s, and since then, it has been predominantly used for teaching Spanish as a first language. More recently, in the past 15 years, it has also been employed for teaching Spanish as a foreign language. This article examines the origins and methodology of lexical availability, with a particular focus on two significant applications related to teaching Spanish as a foreign language. From a cognitive standpoint, the article discusses studies analysing the configuration of the mental lexicon using available vocabulary data. From a didactic perspective, the article explores how lexical availability can be used to improve the selection of vocabulary in teaching materials for Spanish as a foreign language.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d18427d719542e4bbc0cc315ad19c8f2024-03-13T13:58:46ZengUniversity of Silesia PressTheory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition2450-54552451-21252024-03-0110.31261/TAPSLA.14839Lexical Availability and Foreign Language Teaching: Main Contributions of a Growing FieldMarta Sánchez-Saus Laserna0University of Cádiz Teaching vocabulary presents a significant challenge in foreign language instruction. This article discusses the advantages that the results obtained in studies on lexical availability offer for foreign language teaching. The methodology of lexical availability, which involves extracting vocabulary that is closely associated with specific lexical categories, was first developed in France in the 1950s, and since then, it has been predominantly used for teaching Spanish as a first language. More recently, in the past 15 years, it has also been employed for teaching Spanish as a foreign language. This article examines the origins and methodology of lexical availability, with a particular focus on two significant applications related to teaching Spanish as a foreign language. From a cognitive standpoint, the article discusses studies analysing the configuration of the mental lexicon using available vocabulary data. From a didactic perspective, the article explores how lexical availability can be used to improve the selection of vocabulary in teaching materials for Spanish as a foreign language. https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA/article/view/14839lexical availabilityvocabulary teachingapplied linguistics to language teachingSpanish as a foreign languagecognitive linguistics |
| spellingShingle | Marta Sánchez-Saus Laserna Lexical Availability and Foreign Language Teaching: Main Contributions of a Growing Field Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition lexical availability vocabulary teaching applied linguistics to language teaching Spanish as a foreign language cognitive linguistics |
| title | Lexical Availability and Foreign Language Teaching: Main Contributions of a Growing Field |
| title_full | Lexical Availability and Foreign Language Teaching: Main Contributions of a Growing Field |
| title_fullStr | Lexical Availability and Foreign Language Teaching: Main Contributions of a Growing Field |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lexical Availability and Foreign Language Teaching: Main Contributions of a Growing Field |
| title_short | Lexical Availability and Foreign Language Teaching: Main Contributions of a Growing Field |
| title_sort | lexical availability and foreign language teaching main contributions of a growing field |
| topic | lexical availability vocabulary teaching applied linguistics to language teaching Spanish as a foreign language cognitive linguistics |
| url | https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA/article/view/14839 |
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