With an effort to verify the involvement load hypothesis, this study investigates the effects of three different vocabulary learning tasks - reading, filling in blanks, and sentence writing - on learners' short and long term memory when they are provided with the theoretically identical level of involvement tasks. It is also to examine whether there are any differences of learning effects between input and output vocabulary learning tasks. The experiments were conducted with 86 Korean middle school students grouped by three different task types. Pre-/post-tests and delayed tests were administered and analyzed. It was found that three vocabulary tasks with theoretically identical levels of involvement do not have the same learning effects: the involvement load hypothesis was not completely proved in the case of Korean students' vocabulary learning. The findings implied that (i) the difference of vocabulary learning tasks should be considered even though they have the same involvement load; (ii) given that EFL students learn new words in a limited amount of time in class, the reading task using a dictionary is found to be very helpful; and (iii) it is important to study target vocabulary repeatedly during class and to expose the vocabulary with different tasks to enhance students' retention of the newly learned vocabulary.

The goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of technology-enhanced instruction types, vocabulary activity types, and learners' cognitive style on vocabulary knowledge. With regard to the types of technology-enhanced instruction, the results of post-vocabulary tests indicated that both blended learning and web-based instruction had positive effects on vocabulary learning. In particular, the blended learning group outperformed the web-based group showing greater improvement. With regard to vocabulary activity type, the results did not reveal a significant difference between groups with different types of vocabulary activities. When comparing the results from test items assessing the receptive and productive knowledge of vocabulary, both groups made greater improvements in their receptive knowledge of vocabulary than productive use of vocabulary. Concerning learners’ cognitive style, the analysis of the test scores indicated that there was no significant difference among groups. Finally, pedagogical implications were provided at the end of the paper.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of two different types of vocabulary activities on Korean EFL learners’ vocabulary learning and perceptions. The participants of the study were 30 Korean middle school students in Seoul, and they were divided into two groups (typography and web-based authoring). The former employed the word meaning and spelling image association technique and the latter used a multimedia vocabulary authoring tool for 42 target words. The major findings of the study are as follows: (1) Both the typography and the web-based vocabulary authoring groups showed significant improvement on the posttest of vocabulary test, which indicated the equal effectiveness of the two vocabulary activities; (2) with respect to different English proficiency levels, the low-level group showed much higher improvement of the mean difference between pre and post tests than the higher group; and (3) the participants’ perceptions turned out to be more positive when they participated in creating English word spelling image than authoring multimedia vocabulary learning materials. The results suggest the beneficial effects of active student involvement in the vocabulary learning process. Pedagogical and practical suggestions are made on the effective teaching of English vocabulary in Korean classroom settings.

The present study examines L2 reading proficiency effects on the relative contribution of vocabulary knowledge and grammar knowledge to L2 reading comprehension for Korean high school EFL learners. To this end, 200 high school students were asked to take a vocabulary knowledge test, a grammar test, and a reading comprehension test. The participants were divided into three sub-groups by L2 reading ability in order to examine L2 proficiency effects. Multiple regression analyses for the sub-groups indicated the relationships among the three variables as distinctive. The results showed that syntactic knowledge had a predictive power for reading performance in the high reading group, but vocabulary had the same quality in the intermediate reading group. For the low reading group, neither vocabulary nor grammar could significantly account for the L2 reading variance. Theoretical implications and directions for further studies are discussed.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of vocabulary learning activity types via smart-phones on vocabulary learning and the attitude of Korean college students. The participants were 56 college students, who were divided into 4 groups: a competitive and self-paced group (Group 1), a competitive and controlled-paced group (Group 2), an individual and self-paced group (Group 3), and an individual and controlled-paced group (Group 4). Vocabulary tests were administered before and after the experiment. The analyses of the post-test results showed that Group 3 had improved most and Group 1 earned the second highest score, indicating that competition can make a positive effect on vocabulary learning via smart-phone applications. The results also revealed that there was no statistically significant difference in the post-test scores between self-paced and controlled-paced groups. In addition, vocabulary learning via smart-phone applications improved the participants’ attitudes toward vocabulary learning.

Presenting semantically related L2 words is a popular method in EFL coursebooks, but the research results on this issue remain inconclusive. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of semantic clustering on Korean young learners’ English vocabulary learning. The study was conducted with 174 primary school students. The subjects were divided into two groups: a semantically related words group (SR) and a semantically unrelated words group (SU). For the six weeks of treatment, the two comparison groups were taught the same 40 vocabulary items in different clusters. The vocabulary test results showed that both vocabulary presentation methods had a positive effect on vocabulary learning. However, the SU group significantly outperformed the SR group. These findings indicate that presenting new L2 words in semantically unrelated sets might be more effective than semantically related sets.

이 글의 焦點은 학습자의 ‘漢字 語彙’ 意味 把握의 經路에 있다. 현행 교육과정에 따르면, ‘漢字語’, ‘한자 어휘’는 국어과의 어휘 교육, 한문과의 전 영역과 관련되는 학습 내용이다. 이 과제를 해결하기 위해, 『漢文』, 『국어』교과서에 기술된 한자 어휘 의미 提示 방식을 비평적으로 분석한다. 주지하듯이, 교과서의 주요 機能 가운데 하나는 교수의 節次와 학습의 過程 제시라고 할 수 있다. 곧, 교사에게는 교수 절차를 案內하는 자료의 하나로, 학습자에게는 학습 과정을 紹介하는 자료의 하나로 교과서는 활용된다. 그런데, 한자 어휘의 경우, 교과서에 제시된 어휘의 의미[뜻] 제시 방식이 바로 학습자의 한자 어휘 의미 파악의 一次 경로라고 볼 수 있다. 다시 말해, 교과서에 나타난 한자 어휘 의미 제시 방식을 통해 학습자는 한자 어휘의 의미를 파악할 수 있는 端緖와 학습 전략을 獲得하게 된다.우선, 한자 어휘 의미 파악의 ‘국어식’ 通路로 『국어 사전』에 登載된 어휘 풀이 에 근거한 이해 방식을 들 수 있다. 국어 體系를 따른 풀이는 한자어를 구성하는 한자의 形態素로써의 機能을 고려하지 않고, 현재의 시점에서 通用되는 의미를 중심으로 설명하는 것인데, 한자 어휘를 구성하는 개별 形態素인 한자의 字義와 단어의 짜임을 고려하지 않는다. 이 경로와 무관하지 않은 방식으로 ‘文脈的 정보의 활용’을 거론할 수 있다. 한자 어휘의 의미를 한자 어휘가 사용된 狀況 脈絡을 통하여 拾得하는 방식인데, 한자의 字義나 단어의 짜임과 無關한 점은 동일하다. 두 가지 경로 모두 한자 어휘 의미의 曲解와 誤用이 심화된다.이 글에서 한자어를 구성하는 형태소인 한자의 字義에 근거한 한자 어휘 의미 파악 경로를 강조했다. 한자 어휘를 구성하는 한자를 倂記하고, 한자 어휘의 의미에 적합한 한자의 음과 뜻을 羅列하여 학습자가 한자 어휘의 의미를 파악하는 방식인데, 한자 어휘 의미의 정확한 이해와 그 활용을 가능하게 한다. 한자어를 구성하는 統辭的 構造에 근거한 한자 어휘 이해 방식도 주목된다. 한자 어휘의 文法 構造를 고려한 한자 어휘 의미 제시는 학습자가 한자 어휘의 本義를 파악하는데 相補的이라고 할 수 있다. 결국, 학습자가 한자 어휘를 학습하는데, 국어 사전, 文脈, 언어적 환경 등의 요인도 작용하지만, 한자 어휘를 구성하는 한자의 字義, 자의에 근거한 語義, 그리고 어휘의 문법 구조가 한자 어휘 의미 파악의 주요 경로이다.

This study attempted to investigate the relative contribution of vocabulary and grammatical knowledge to second language reading comprehension ability. With 44 EFL adult learners whose language proficiency fell within the low-intermediate level, three different measures were conducted: vocabulary and grammatical knowledge were measured by researcher-developed tests and L2 reading comprehension was measured using the reading section of the TOEIC test. In order to examine the two predicting variables (i.e., vocabulary and grammatical knowledge) a multiple regression analysis was performed. The study found that both grammatical and vocabulary knowledge related significantly to L2 reading comprehension. Additionally, vocabulary knowledge showed a slightly stronger contribution to reading comprehension than syntactic knowledge. These findings suggest that it is equally important for lower level readers to understand vocabulary as well as basic syntactic rules and structures when it comes to EFL reading comprehension.

This study examined the effects of teaching contextual inference and word association strategies on 5th grade elementary school students' vocabulary knowledge development. A total of 56 students participated in the current study, as divided into either the contextual inference group or the word association group. The vocabulary proficiency levels of the participants were also considered and the students in each group were further divided into either the upper level group or the lower level group. The participants experienced six treatment sessions, and in each session they had to study five vocabulary items using each of the two vocabulary learning strategies. The posttest and delayed posttest results indicated that both strategies were effective for the vocabulary knowledge development of the upper level group as well as the lower level group. Some possible implications for elementary school English classrooms in Korea are discussed.

The present study investigated a washback effect regarding vocabulary test format and students' learning outcomes. Ninety-three Korean university students in English reading courses were given a vocabulary pre-test and pre-treatment survey. Then they were divided into three groups. A control group was taught how to write a summary in English and a receptive vocabulary knowledge group was taught how to study vocabulary, then both of these groups were instructed that they would have a receptive vocabulary knowledge test. A productive vocabulary knowledge group was taught how to study vocabulary and told that they would have a productive vocabulary knowledge test. After 15 weeks, they all were given a post-vocabulary test consisting of both receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge items, and post-treatment survey. Results indicated that the productive vocabulary knowledge group showed the best outcomes overall. Its students earned significantly higher scores on the productive vocabulary knowledge post-test than the other groups. Regarding the receptive vocabulary knowledge post-test, it featured scores similar to the receptive vocabulary knowledge group, which had the highest scores. Moreover, the productive vocabulary knowledge group's pre- and post-treatment survey data revealed that its students had improved their ability to use the vocabulary learning strategies that were taught.

This study aims to compare the English vocabulary used in Korean high school English textbooks with the one in the College Scholastic Ability Tests (afterwards CSAT) administered in the years of 2009-2013 by using a concordance program, NLPTools, and to make a list of vocabulary used only in CSAT. The findings are as follows: First, when compared with Coxhead's (2000) Academic Word List, the 'Basic Words List' shows a conformity rate of 98.78%. Second, in terms of TTR (Type Token Ratio), there is no noticeable difference among the English textbooks. Third, in the respect of TTR, CSATs show higher figures, which means that CSATs' vocabulary is more difficult than that in the English textbooks and that for CSATs, annually each test has shown a gradual increase in the number of valid types. (This shows that more valid types to be learned are needed for the preparation of CSAT. Also the degree of difficulty in CSAT is getting higher.) Lastly, the higher level of the 208 words which occur only in CSATs illustrates that the gap between the vocabulary level of textbooks and that of CSAT needs to be reduced for normalization of public education.

This article reports on a study that compared EFL freshman university students’receptive and productive recall vocabulary knowledge and their ability to use that knowledge, as it remains unclear in the literature to what extent knowledge of vocabulary, especially productive knowledge, is indicative of learners’ ability to use vocabulary to communicate. The study first measured the vocabulary size of 169students from 24 majors. Next, deeper meaning word knowledge and vocabulary userelated knowledge were assessed by administering depth tests to 51 of the students who completed the size tests. The study found that the participants were able to use only 60.3% of the words that were known receptively and productively on the size tests, and that receptive deeper meaning vocabulary knowledge was 43.0% greater than productive knowledge. Finally, the study results support the concept of a vocabulary knowledge continuum, but highlight the importance of including both receptive and productive knowledge, as they were found to develop in a dissimilar manner.

The primary purpose of this study was to examine prominent features of frequency in the new vocabulary of the middle school English textbooks based on the 2007 revised national curriculum and thereby to provide meaningful data to be compared with those on the 2009 revised national curriculum. This study used an online software (Vocabprofile) to divide words into four categories by frequency: K1 (1-1,000), K2 (1,001-2,000), AWL (Academic Words List), and Off-List Words (the remainder). Salient features discovered from the frequency-based categorization of words in textbooks by grades or publishers were further examined for pedagogical implications regarding textbook writing and curriculum revisions in the future. The analysis has revealed the following results. K1 words accounted for the most among the words presented in English textbooks, reflecting the significance of the high-frequency words in L2 learning. The number of other words showed a steady increase as the grade gets higher. Finally, most textbooks presented multi-words as new vocabulary, which indicates the importance of idioms or collocations. The vocabulary analysis by frequency could be of use to textbook evaluation, considering the growing importance of frequency-based vocabulary teaching.

본고에서는 외국어로서의 한국어 교육에서 한자 어휘 교육이 효과적으로 이루 어질 수 있도록, 학습 내용 및 그 수준과 범위의 실질적인 근거를 제시하기 위해 성취기준을 개발하였다. 영역은 한자, 한자어, 한자성어 3개로 나누었고 급별은 기 본과 심화로 구분하였다. 일반적인 성취기준의 개발 원리에 입각하여 진술하였고 영역 간에는 일정한 연계를, 급별 간에는 일정한 위계를 가질 수 있도록 하였다. 성취기준의 내용이 실제적인 교수․학습 및 평가의 지침으로 기능할 수 있고 아 울러 교재에서 성취기준이 구현될 수 있도록 하였다. 교육과정, 성취기준 등은 고 정불변의 것이 아니다. 대상 학생, 교수․학습 현장의 특성 등에 따라서 적절한 변화, 재구성이 필요할 것이다. 본고의 논의가 추후 완정하게 개발될 성취기준에 일조할 수 있기를 기대한다.

在小学低年级语文学习中，识字是重要的内容和目标。在识字教学中，学生读错音、写错别字、认错字的情况难以纠正。在文献分析的基础上，本研究要通过实验来探究：与部件识字教学法相比，字理识字教学法是否更能促进学生整体识字的效果？此次实验以某校小学二年级两个班级学生对象，设立对照班和实验班。综合数据统计结果及教学实践情况，字理识字教学方法比部件识字教学方法更加有效地促进学生的识字水平。在实验的基础上，我们根据汉字造字的方法分类总结了字理识字教学策略：象形字可以采取溯源-对照的教学策略，指事字可以采取溯源-辨析-对照的教学策略，会意字可以采取分解-联想-组合的教学策略，形声字可以采取分解—形旁表意、声旁表音—组合的教学策略。

The purpose of this study is observing the process of learning Chinese character of preschool children and clarifying their language ability and the level and range of vocabulary. This paper sees the process of Korean children acquiring vocabulary in two ways: The first one is researching the vocabularies used in children's stories that preschool children often read or hear. The other one is researching the vocabularies that children hear or speak in the conversation with surroundings. To this end, two methodologies have been adopted: literature analysis and observation analysis. Literature analysis is investigating the fairy tales that children likes and analyzing the Chinese characters and vocabularies used. Observation analysis is recording the conversations between a child and his surroundings, and then transcribing and analyzing it. Almost every child reads fairy tales that helps to the formation of children's language ability. Therefore, the language of children's stories is the expectancy which Korean society expects children to understand the accomplished living environment and culture to. Therefore, children contact the basic cultural vocabulary in Korean society, contacting fairy tales. Children develop their intelligence and language through engaging in the daily conversations with their parents and acquaintances. Although they are influenced by communications with their peers of the same age group, the contents and range of the language used in the context of their surroundings affect a lot more. Thus, the process of children's language acquisition is developed through the conversations with parents and acquaintances. It is very possible that the language ability of a child in a family is transferred by parents rather than the intelligence and the ability of the child. Consequently, studying children’s Chinese character vocabulary through the two processes, you can see how level of the Chinese character vocabulary that children contact and use is, what characteristics it has and how much the range of use is.

This paper aims to describe an ongoing three-year vocabulary project funded by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. It focuses on explaining the unique features and one of the practical uses of VIBE* (Vocabulary Item-Bank of English). Designed as a multi-purpose lexical tool on computer for vocabulary assessment as well as vocabulary learning, VIBE has the following features: (1) a coverage based on distinctive selection of the target items/words, namely high frequency words, (2) a novel open-database approach to item creation, and (3) innovative test formats. In its current state, it has been successfully used in pioneering vocabulary competitions to encourage autonomous vocabulary learning.