This lesson contains 27 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 20 min
Items in this lesson
Quiz - Vocabulary learning
Slide 1 - Slide
Some warm-up questions
Slide 2 - Slide
Which term is being described?
How often a word occurs in a language/corpus (answer = 2 words)
Slide 3 - Open question
The more frequent a word is, the ... it is to understand.
A
easier
B
harder
Slide 4 - Quiz
At which frequency level can you...
already follow a lot of input, even though you're not fluent yet
A
0-1K
B
3-5K
C
8-9K
D
10-12K
Slide 5 - Quiz
At which frequency level can you...
comfortably read a written text
A
0-1K
B
3-5K
C
8-9K
D
10-12K
Slide 6 - Quiz
At which frequency level can you...
reach the required level at the end of Flemish high schools?
A
0-1K
B
3-5K
C
8-9K
D
10-12K
Slide 7 - Quiz
Expert terminology
Slide 8 - Slide
Which term is being described?
Level of expertise you have in a language (or other domain) (answer = 1 word)
Slide 9 - Open question
Which term is being described?
The degree to which words in the input are known by readers and listeners (answer = 2 words)
Slide 10 - Open question
Which term is being described?
A standardised way of measuring proficiency (answer = 2 words)
Slide 11 - Open question
What does the F in CEFR stand for?
Slide 12 - Open question
What does the R in CEFR stand for?
Slide 13 - Open question
What is the highest CEFR level a user can attain?
Slide 14 - Open question
Which term is being described?
How often you come into contact with a language (answer = 1 word)
Slide 15 - Open question
Challenging questions: selection criteria in vocabulary research
Slide 16 - Slide
Which selection criterion is being described:
the number of distinct texts in which a word appears
A
specialised occurence
B
dispersion
C
keyness
D
range
Slide 17 - Quiz
Which selection criterion is being described:
the phenomenon which describes that the frequency of a specialised word is higher in a specialised corpus
A
specialised occurence
B
dispersion
C
keyness
D
discipline
Slide 18 - Quiz
Which selection criterion is being described:
this criterion investigates whether a word is limited to a single field or spread across multiple
A
specialised occurence
B
ratio
C
expert judgement
D
discipline
Slide 19 - Quiz
Take a guess! At which frequency level is this word situated?
Slide 20 - Slide
pumpkin
A
3K
B
4K
C
8K
D
11K
Slide 21 - Quiz
elf
A
2K
B
5K
C
7K
D
9K
Slide 22 - Quiz
embark
A
5K
B
8K
C
10K
D
12K
Slide 23 - Quiz
frequency
A
2K
B
3K
C
8K
D
9K
Slide 24 - Quiz
unprepossessing
A
6K
B
9K
C
14K
D
19K
Slide 25 - Quiz
Bonus question
Slide 26 - Slide
What is the professor called who has done a lot of research into vocabulary learning, eventually developing the BNC (British National Corpus) frequency list, among other things? His initials are P.N.