Exploring the lexical profile of advanced L2 writers: Longitudinal data from the Russian Overseas Flagship program,The Modern Language Journal

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Exploring the lexical profile of advanced L2 writers: Longitudinal data from the Russian Overseas Flagship program
The Modern Language Journal ( IF 4.7 ) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 , DOI: 10.1111/modl.12831
William J. Comer ₁

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This study explores the lexical profile of essays written by 48 advanced learners of second language (L2) Russian who participated in the Russian Overseas Flagship, an intensive year-long study abroad program designed to help students reach Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Level 3 proficiency in all skills. Using the lexical frequency profile and P–Lex as measures of vocabulary sophistication, the study found that over the 9 months of the program, students significantly increased their usage of words from the lowest frequency bands. This adds to previous findings that knowledge of lexical items at the 3,000–5,000 word frequency levels predicts reading proficiency at the ACTFL advanced high–superior level in Russian. However, the increase of vocabulary sophistication was not clearly correlated with improvements in the students’ writing proficiency scores, as measured on the ILR scale. A qualitative analysis of the students’ low-frequency vocabulary usage reveals their control of native Russian vocabulary and derivational morphology. The analyses reveal the effects of writing tasks on student vocabulary usage.

中文翻译：

探索高级 L2 作家的词汇概况：来自俄罗斯海外旗舰计划的纵向数据

本研究探讨了 48 名参加俄罗斯海外旗舰项目的俄语第二语言 (L2) 高级学习者所写论文的词汇概况，这是一项为期一年的强化留学计划，旨在帮助学生达到机构间语言圆桌会议 (ILR) 3 级熟练程度在所有技能中。该研究使用词汇频率概况和 P-Lex 作为词汇复杂程度的衡量标准，发现在该计划的 9 个月中，学生显着增加了他们对最低频段单词的使用。这增加了之前的发现，即 3,000-5,000 词频水平的词汇项目知识可以预测 ACTFL 高级俄语高级高级水平的阅读能力。然而，根据 ILR 量表测量，词汇熟练程度的提高与学生写作能力分数的提高没有明显的相关性。对学生低频词汇使用的定性分析揭示了他们对俄语母语词汇和派生词法的控制。分析揭示了写作任务对学生词汇使用的影响。

更新日期：2023-05-04

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