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An Analysis of Two Basic Word Lists for French.
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Siliakus, H. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, 1978
Outlines a method of determining which words should be selected as the basic vocabulary for French courses. Rather than using frequency as its criterion, this method defines lexical utility in terms of definition, inclusion, extension, and combination. The Quebec list and the Francais Fondamental are evaluated. (EJS)
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, French, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Die Klassifizierung der russichen Verben--Ein altes Problem und ein neuer Losungsvorschlag (The Classification of Russian Verbs: An Old Problem and a New Attempt at a Solution).
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Keil, Rolf-Dietrich – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
A short survey of the classifications of Russian verbs from the fields of linguistics and language teaching is presented, and a classification useful for language teaching based on linguistic principles is developed. The classification is demonstrated using 1,400 verbs and 4,000 frequently used words in language teaching. (SW)
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Defining a Minimal Receptive Second-Language Vocabulary for Non-native University Students: An Empirical Investigation.
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Hazenberg, Suzanne; Hulstijn, Jan H. – Applied Linguistics, 1996
Investigates how many words of the Dutch language, and which words, an adult nonnative speaker must know receptively in order to understand first-year university reading materials. Assessment of the representativeness of a list of 23,550 words and administration of a 140-item multiple-choice vocabulary test indicated that a minimum of 10,000 base…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Dictionaries, Dutch, Foreign Countries