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Vocabulary in Curriculum Planning Needs, Strategies and Tools Edited by Marina Dodigovic María Pilar Agustín-Llach Vocabulary in Curriculum Planning Marina Dodigovic María Pilar Agustín-Llach Editors Vocabulary in Curriculum Planning Needs, Strategies and Tools Editors Marina Dodigovic María Pilar Agustín-Llach University of La Rioja Department of Modern Philologies Logrono, Spain University of La Rioja Logrono, Spain ISBN 978-3-030-48662-4 ISBN 978-3-030-48663-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48663-1 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 This work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Acknowledgements The editors would like to acknowledge the help and support of several groups and individuals, without whom this project would not have suc- ceeded. First and foremost, we would like to thank the contributing authors for submitting the work of great substance. Next, we acknowl- edge the American University of Armenia for sponsoring research proj- ects included in this volume. Equally, we are grateful to the University of La Rioja for providing research platforms and library resources. We are also indebted to Jelena Colovic Markovic for her support from the begin- ning of this project. Moreover, we are grateful to confidential reviewers for their invaluable comments on our work. A debt of gratitude is also owed to other readers of the manuscript who felt that they could support it. Last, but not least, we would like to thank our Palgrave Macmillan editor, Alice Green, for steering us most competently through this effort, as well as the entire Palgrave Macmillan team, including of course Cathy Scott, the Commissioning Editor for Language and Linguistics. v Contents 1 Introduction to Vocabulary-Based Needs Analysis 1 Marina Dodigovic and María Pilar Agustín-Llach Part I Some Lexical Principles for Needs Analysis 7 2 Vocabulary Size Assessment: Assessing the Vocabulary Needs of Learners in Relation to Their CEFR Goals 9 James Milton and Thomaï Alexiou 3 The Comparison of Receptive and Productive Vocabulary Size of Afghan Tertiary Students 29 Mohammad Asif Amin 4 How Does Vocabulary Knowledge Relate to Reading Comprehension? 57 Xuerong Wei vii viii Contents Part II Understanding Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Another Language 75 5 Vocabulary Size and Strategies of English Learners in Armenia: What the Research Says 77 Marina Dodigovic, Rubina Gasparyan, Syuzanna Torosyan, and Mary Alik Karamanoukian 6 Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Armenian EFL Students 103 Hripsime Manukyan 7 Cognitive and Metacognitive Vocabulary Learning Strategies: Insights from Learning Diaries 121 Brankica Bošnjak Terzić and Višnja Pavičić Takač Part III Examining Lexical Errors 143 8 Lexical Errors in the Writing of EFL Students in the Armenian Context 145 Nektar Harutyunyan and Marina Dodigovic 9 Semantic and Conceptual Transfer in FL: Multicultural and Multilingual Competences 165 María Pilar Agustín-Llach Part IV Developing Needs Based Procedures and Tools to Support Vocabulary Learning 181 10 Fostering the Teaching of Cultural Vocabulary in EFL Contexts 183 Andrés Canga Alonso Contents ix 11 DIY Needs Analysis and Specific Text Types: Using The Prime Machine to Explore Vocabulary in Readymade and Homemade English Corpora 199 Stephen Jeaco Index 225 Notes on Contributors María Pilar Agustín-Llach, Accredited Full Professor, University of La Rioja. Her main research interest is the examination of vocabulary acquisi- tion and teaching in light of the variables age, gender, proficiency level, L1 influence, learning context. Other vocabulary-related issues like lexical errors, lexical transfer, vocabulary strategies are included in her research agenda. Thomaï Alexiou is Associate Professor at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Her expertise is in early foreign language learning, SLA pedagogy and material development for young learners. She has also authored textbooks for children learning English as a foreign language. Mohammad Asif Amin grew up in a Pakistani refugee camp, at the time of Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Now 36, Amin has been an English lecturer at Nangrahar University for 12 years. In 2018 he com- pleted his graduate degree of Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the American University of Armenia. Brankica  Bošnjak  Terzić is an English teacher at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of the University of Zagreb, Croatia, with more than 18 years of experience in teaching ESP. Her main research interests are vocabulary learning strategies, ESP, self-regulated learning and motivation in ESP and e-learning. xi xii Notes on Contributors Andrés Canga Alonso is tenured Associate Professor of English Studies at the University of La Rioja (Spain). His current research focuses on young learners’ cultural vocabulary in EFL. He has published on EFL learners’ cultural and receptive vocabulary in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Marina Dodigovic, PhD, is a professor of TESOL holding several hon- orary titles. Her research interests include educational technology as well as vocabulary teaching, learning and assessment. She has a number of books, chapters and journal articles to her name. Rubina Gasparyan is a lecturer at AUA. Her major interest is in lan- guage assessment. She has participated in a number of assessment proj- ects and research; presented papers on issues related to language testing and assessment at professional conferences, such as TESOL Arabia and ALTE; has co-authored reports, manuals and articles. Nektar Harutyunyan, AUA MA TEFL (2018), currently teaching at Military College named after Monte Melkonyan, RA. Her research inter- ests include neurolinguistics and educational technology as well as vocab- ulary teaching and learning. She has participated in several exchange programs and in numerous workshops and trainings. Stephen  Jeaco is Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University in Suzhou, China. He has lived and worked in Higher Education in China for over 20 years, with responsibilities in teaching and managing EAP, and later, lecturing in linguistics and TESOL. Mary Alik Karamanoukian received a master’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the American University of Armenia, 2018. Her research focus is on vocabulary, particularly the approaches implemented by teachers to facilitate vocabulary teaching and learning. Hripsime Manukyan received her BA in Linguistics in 2016 from the Armenian State Pedagogical University. She received her MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the American University of Armenia in 2018. Her research interests include English teaching and vocabulary.

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