Lexical Availability in a Foreign Language

Definition
1. Availability
  1. The quality of being able to be used or obtained.
2. Lexicon
  1. It is the knowledge that a native speaker has about a language
    1. Lexical categorization
    2. The form and meanings of words and phrases
    3. Relationships between words and phrases, and categories of words and phrases.
Objective
1. To develop a self-learning metacognitive strategy based on lexical availability for future teachers in EFLprogram
Instruments
1. Interviews
  1. 68 students from LEBEI
2. Lexical Availability Test
Theoretical Framework
1. Bartol (2010)
  1. Lexicon as the most complex component
2. Plan Nacional de Inglés (2014)
  1. Students and teacher do not achieve good results.
3. Jimenez (2014)
  1. Great tool for the learning and teaching process of languages
    1. Lacks of vocabulary knowledge
4. Zimmerman and Schunk (2008)
  1. The person decides what to learn
    1. Goals
Research Questions
1. How does a self-learning metacognitive strategy based on lexical availability affect undergraduate students’ proficiency an EFL teaching program?
  1. How does a self-learning metacognitive strategy based on lexical availability influence undergraduate students’ proficiency level in an EFL teaching program?

Resource summary

	Created by Fernanda Ramírez over 7 years ago