Vocabulary and the Upper-division Language Curriculum: The Case of Non-native and Heritage Spanish Majors

L2 lexical studies have established that learners need to acquire knowledge of the first 3,000 most frequent words in order to enjoy 95% coverage of the vocabulary used in spontaneous speech (Nation 2006). However, there has been little data available that reveal how many of these most frequent wor...

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Main Author: Robert J. Blake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2020-11-01
Series:L2 Journal
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Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/69g0f89j