TY - BOOK AU - Agustín Llach,María del Pilar TI - Lexical Errors and Accuracy in Foreign Language Writing T2 - Second Language Acquisition SN - 9781847694171 AV - P53.27 .A38 2011 U1 - 401.93 PY - 2011///] CY - Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit : PB - Multilingual Matters, KW - Language and languages KW - Study and teaching KW - Lexicology KW - Rhetoric KW - Second language acquisition KW - Vocabulary KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh KW - EFL learners KW - SLA KW - Second Language Acquisition KW - acquisition of vocab KW - errors with vocab KW - lexical accuracy KW - lexical errors KW - lexicon KW - misspellings KW - vocab learning KW - vocab KW - vocabulary acquisition KW - vocabulary KW - writing assessment N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; List of Abbreviations --; Introduction: An Outline --; Part 1: Lexical Competence and Lexical Errors --; Chapter 1. Vocabulary Acquisition in the Second Language --; Chapter 2. Variables Affecting Lexical Production --; Chapter 3. Vocabulary and Writing --; Chapter 4. Lexical Errors in SLA --; Part 2: Lexical Error Production in Young Spanish Learners’ Written Compositions --; Chapter 5. Designing a Study to Explore Lexical Errors in Writing --; Chapter 6. Lexical Error Production: Changes Over Time --; Chapter 7. Lexical Errors in Writing Quality --; Chapter 8. Lexical Errors and Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge --; Chapter 9. Some Concluding Remarks --; Appendices --; Appendix 1: The ESL Composition Profile --; Appendix 2: The Composition Task --; Appendix 3: The 2000 Vocabulary Levels Test --; Appendix 4: The 1000 Word Test --; Appendix 5: The Cloze Test --; Appendix 6: The Reading Comprehension Test --; Appendix 7: The Questionnaire --; References; restricted access N2 - Lexical errors are a determinant in gaining insight into vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary use and writing quality assessment. Lexical errors are very frequent in the written production of young EFL learners, but they decrease as learners gain proficiency. Misspellings are the most common category, but formal errors give way to semantic-based lexical errors as proficiency increases, likewise, the direct influence of the L1 also reduces in favour of more elaborated transfer mechanisms and L2 influence. The different categories of lexical errors indicate the stage of learning. This book uses a study of young EFL learners to suggest that lexical accuracy is a crucial component of writing assessment, and that lexical errors are useful in predicting writing quality UR - https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847694188 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781847694188 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781847694188/original ER -