The Importance of Raising Collocational Awareness in the Vocabulary Development of Intermediate Level Learners of English
The Importance of Raising Collocational Awareness in the Vocabulary Development of Intermediate Level Learners of English
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提高搭配意识对中级英语学习者词汇发展的重要性
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2005
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Adrienn Károly
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Adrienn Károly
Over the past few decades, there has been a growing awareness of the significance of the lexicon in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research, after a long period of neglect. In fact, vocabulary is considered to be the most significant – and the most difficult – language component for learners to acquire successfully. The analysis of a large number of corpora indicates that vocabulary errors not only outnumber grammatical errors, they are considered more serious by native speakers. While grammatical errors do not usually disrupt structural understanding and communication, lexical errors interfere with basic meaning resulting in a lack of understanding between the speaker and the listener (Gass and Selinker 2001:372). Vocabulary is central to communication; therefore, vocabulary acquisition is essential for successful language learning. Without words, it is impossible to use grammatical structures and language functions, so learners often consider vocabulary to be the source of all problems.