Studying abroad and vocabulary use in impromptu essays

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor	Stehr, Christian	-
dc.contributor	Hill, Eric	-
dc.date	2007-03-19T14:29:13Z	-
dc.date	2007-03-19T14:29:13Z	-
dc.date	2007-03-19T14:29:13Z	-
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-16T07:45:44Z	-
dc.date.available	2013-10-16T07:45:44Z	-
dc.date.issued	2013-10-16	-
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/4132	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1957/4132	-
dc.description	Spending time in a German speaking country may aid in vocabulary acquisition and production. This study hypothesized a concrete link between written language use and experiences abroad. Intermediate German students’ vocabulary uses in impromptu essays were evaluated by counting the number of total word, unique words, and content words. This data was used to calculate the Lexical Variation and the Lexical Density. The Lexical Variation and Lexical Density of students with varying time in German speaking countries were compared. No strong correlation between time spent abroad and more advanced written vocabulary use, higher Lexical Variation and Lexical Density, was found. However, these ambiguous findings reinforce the difficulty of quantifying vocabulary acquisition and studying abroad.	-
dc.language	en_US	-
dc.subject	Vocabulary	-
dc.subject	Study Abroad	-
dc.title	Studying abroad and vocabulary use in impromptu essays	-
dc.type	Thesis	-
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