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Commentary: Response to McQuillan and Krashen (2008)
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Cobb, Tom – Language Learning & Technology, 2008
In the author's piece "Computing the Demands of Vocabulary Acquisition from Reading" ("Language Learning & Technology," October, 2007), he argued that building an adequate functional L2 lexicon for reading from reading alone cannot be done by the majority of learners in the normal time frame of instructed L2 learning. An…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Nouns, Dictionaries, Vocabulary Development
Computing the Vocabulary Demands of L2 Reading
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Cobb, Tom – Language Learning & Technology, 2007
Linguistic computing can make two important contributions to second language (L2) reading instruction. One is to resolve longstanding research issues that are based on an insufficiency of data for the researcher, and the other is to resolve related pedagogical problems based on insufficiency of input for the learner. The research section of the…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Vocabulary Development, Computer Networks, Reading Instruction
Expanding Academic Vocabulary with an Interactive On-Line Database
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Horst, Marlise; Cobb, Tom; Nicolae, Ioana – Language Learning & Technology, 2005
University students used a set of existing and purpose-built on-line tools for vocabulary learning in an experimental ESL course. The resources included concordance, dictionary, cloze-builder, hypertext, and a database with interactive self-quizzing feature (all freely available at www.lextutor.ca). The vocabulary targeted for learning consisted…
Descriptors: Sentences, Textbooks, Word Lists, Computers