Examining lexical features and academic vocabulary use in adolescent L2 students’ text-based analytical essays

Maamuujav, Undarmaa

doi:10.1016/j.asw.2021.100540

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“…The term "academic language" refers to language that deals with something in an academic form. Upon investigation, it was found that many researchers use the term academic language (Fang & Park, 2020;Maamuujav, 2021;Marimuthu et al, 2011;Nagy & Townsend, 2012, p. 92;Qin & Uccelli, 2021;Soruç et al, 2021;Truckenmiller & Petscher, 2020). Academic language, according to Nagy and Townsend (2012), is a specialized language that is either oral or written for the purpose of communication and discussion of a particular discipline's content.…”

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Academic Language Register In Arabic Articles From Al-Majallah Al-Urduniyyah Fi Al-Ulum Al-Tarbawiyyah

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This study falls under discourse analysis studies, focusing on using the academic register in Arabic research articles. Language register refers to using a form of language in a specific context. The use of language register varies according to the structure of discourse and field. For example, language register is used in scientific discourse, entertainment, politics, and health. Using accurate and appropriate scientific language in terms of vocabulary can demonstrate the strength of an article in reporting research results. The current study was conducted to identify the use of the academic register in Arabic via research articles focusing on academic vocabulary. This study was prompted by several issues, such as the weakness of students and researchers in producing quality research reports from the aspect of scientific writing, in addition to the limited number of studies about the academic language register in Arabic. This study was descriptive, using a qualitative approach and content analysis techniques. The unit analyzed was academic vocabulary words taken from six journal articles on Arabic language issues. All articles were written by native Arabic speakers and published by the Arabic journal “al-Majallah al-Urduniyyah fi al-Ulum al-Tarbawiyyah” in Jordan. The academic language register was analyzed using the approach of Ure and Ellis (1977). It was based on the 100 academic vocabulary words (Academic Vocabulary List or AVL) generated by Gardner and Davies (2014). The study's results found that all the suggested words from the AVL were used by Arabic-language researchers in writing their articles with various frequencies. Out of the 100 words selected from the AVL, 71 to 90 vocabulary words were used in each article. The most used word was the word دِرَاسَة which appeared 464 times, but the word شَجَّعَ appeared only 3 times, the lowest frequency.

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“…En cuanto a estilometría, se encontró que el Modelo 2011 posee 6351 sustantivos, 2478 adjetivos y 2173 verbos; el Modelo 2017 posee 9610 sustantivos, 3875 adjetivos y 3180 verbos; finalmente, el Modelo 2022 asume 8735 sustantivos, 3335 adjetivos y 2546 verbos. Para ello, la diversidad léxica de un documento se calcula en relación con las palabras únicas entre el total de palabras que tiene dicho documento (Maamuujav, 2021).…”

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Análisis con minería de datos del Marco Curricular y el Plan de Estudios 2022 de la Educación Básica Mexicana

Velázquez

2022

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La educación debería estar pautada por una ruta clara, de acuerdo con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible 2030. Esta ruta tendría el objetivo de garantizar una educación de calidad y el bienestar de la sociedad, por lo que México tiene la necesidad de establecer un nuevo marco curricular a favor de niñas, niños y adolescentes que viven situaciones de desigualdad en la educación básica, en especial después de la pandemia COVID-19. El propósito de este estudio fue analizar el documento de propuesta del Marco Curricular y Plan de Estudios 2022 para encontrar aquellos elementos centrales que lo componen y así establecer una comparación con sus predecesores, Aprendizajes Clave para la Educacion Integral 2017 y Plan de Estudios 2011 Educación Básica. La comparación fue realizada con minería de texto usando R Studio con diversos paquetes como Quanteda, Tidyverse, word2vec. Se construyó el corpus con los tres modelos educativos más recientes de México. El texto se preprocesó para ejecutar diversos análisis con métodos supervisados y no supervisados. Los resultados mediante el procesamiento de texto arrojan marcadas diferencias semánticas y estilo métricas: el 2011 se centra en la disciplina; el 2017 está marcado por competencias y la eficiencia; finalmente, el 2022 subraya el desarrollo de la comunidad buscando trascender la disciplina, con un impulso mayor de la inclusión y el bienestar de la población en desigualdad.

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“…Numerous studies have utilised academic word lists to investigate academic vocabulary in learner writing in various educational contexts (e.g., Cons, 2012;Csomay & Prades, 2018;Durrant, 2016;Maamuujav, 2021;Masrai & Milton, 2017Nadarajan, 2011;Olinghouse & Wilson, 2013;Townsend et al, 2012). These studies draw predominantly on the Academic Word List or the new Academic Vocabulary List (Gardner & Davies, 2014).…”

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“…This type of vocabulary is considered a crucial component of academic writing style (Coxhead, 2019;Hyland & Tse, 2007) and potentially the most obvious element of academic language (Nagy & Townsend, 2012). A control of these vocabulary items has been found to be a predictor of writing quality, hence linked to academic achievement (Csomay & Prades, 2018;Gardner & Davies, 2014;Maamuujav, 2021;Masrai & Milton, 2021;Townsend et al, 2012), particularly learners' long-term success (Donley & Reppen, 2001).…”

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A Case Study of Academic Vocabulary in a Novice Student’s Writing at a UK University

Therova

2021

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<em>Mastering appropriate writing style is one of the challenges frequently experienced by novice student writers entering higher education. Developing academic writing skills is, however, crucial for students new to academic settings since written assignments constitute the main form of assessment in tertiary education. Novice student writers thus need to acquire the writing conventions used in academic settings to achieve success in high-stakes assessment. Underlying success in academic writing is the usage of academic vocabulary regarded as a key feature of academic writing style. Through textual analysis accompanied by interview data utilising the ‘talk around text’ technique, this corpus-based case study reports on the deployment of academic vocabulary in four genres of assessed academic writing produced by one international foundation-level student at a UK university. The findings reveal a small number of newly acquired academic vocabulary items deployed in each written assignment with all new academic words having been acquired from reading materials. In addition, the important role that the topic and genre play in student written production becomes apparent. These findings have potentially important pedagogical implication for contexts catering for novice student writers entering tertiary education, such as foundation programmes or pre-sessional courses.</em>

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Examining lexical features and academic vocabulary use in adolescent L2 students’ text-based analytical essays

Cited by 32 publications

References 43 publications

Academic Language Register In Arabic Articles From Al-Majallah Al-Urduniyyah Fi Al-Ulum Al-Tarbawiyyah

Academic Language Register In Arabic Articles From Al-Majallah Al-Urduniyyah Fi Al-Ulum Al-Tarbawiyyah

Análisis con minería de datos del Marco Curricular y el Plan de Estudios 2022 de la Educación Básica Mexicana

A Case Study of Academic Vocabulary in a Novice Student’s Writing at a UK University

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