List of Tables |
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List of Figures |
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Acknowledgements |
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Foreword |
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1 Introduction |
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1.1 What is this book about? |
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1.2 The linguistic situation and educational setting in Denmark |
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1.5 Introspective methods |
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1.7 The data collection procedure |
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1.8 Theoretical framework and key constructs |
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1.10 How this book is organized |
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2 Declarative Lexical Knowledge |
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2.1 Zooming in on learners' lexical competence |
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2.2 Lexical competence - with a focus on network knowledge |
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2.3 Different ways of investigating lexical network knowledge |
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2.4 Investigating the learners' network knowledge |
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2.5 Looking at the informants' vocabulary size |
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2.6 Correlations between the lexical measures |
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3 Lexical Inferencing Procedures in Two Languages |
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3.1 Situating the study within the field of lexical inferencing research |
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3.2 The lexical inferencing study |
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3.5 Perspectives on research design and teaching |
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4 Writing in Two Languages |
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4.2 Theoretical background |
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4.4 A qualitative analysis of the verbalizations of three informants |
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4.5 Discussion and implications |
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5 Lexical Knowledge, Lexical Inferencing and Writing |
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5.1 Bringing the three studies together |
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5.2 Correlations across the studies |
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5.4 Summary and discussion of main findings |
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6 Implications for Research and Instruction |
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6.1 Research implications |
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6.2 Perspectives on instruction |
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Appendices |
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A.1.1 Description of the statistical procedures |
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A.1.2 Statistical details for Chapter 4 |
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A.2 Description of response types in the word association data |
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A.3.1 Think-aloud instructions |
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A.3.2 The L2 lexical inferencing task |
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A.3.3 Description of the interscorer procedure for lexical inferencing |
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A.4.2 Transcription conventions for verbal protocols in the writing study |
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A.4.3 Interscorer reliability for the analysis of the verbal protocols and for the assessment of the essays |
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References |
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Index |
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