The current state of affairs is characterised as one in which general SLA models have syntax as their core and pay less and variable attention to other linguistic levels, notably lexis. In order to improve the current situation we need involvement from both the vocabulary research community and SLA model builders. It is demonstrated how the former group readily borrows key concepts from psycholinguistics and SLA theory and rethinks them from a lexical point of view. However, such borrowing and recasting is often done in a piecemeal fashion to fit specific research issues. As for SLA model builders, some examples are discussed that are regarded as serious attempts at integrating lexis into a particular acquisition model. One is L2 reading research and vocabulary acquisition through reading, which illustrates a high degree of integration with common research goals and mutual theoretical inspiration. A second example underlines the fact that there is an obvious potential for including lexis in the ‘focus on form’ movement. It is our contention that more attention to lexis should supplement the predominantly grammatical ‘focus on form’ that is the current norm.
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Chen, Chenghui & Lawrence Jun Zhang
2017. An intercultural analysis of the use of hedging by Chinese and Anglophone academic English writers. Applied Linguistics Review 8:1 ► pp. 1 ff.
Rahimi, Siamak
2014. Teacher Cognition vis-à-vis Vocabulary Teaching. Theory and Practice in Language Studies 4:3
Hamada, Megumi & Keiko Koda
2010. The Role of Phonological Decoding in Second Language Word-Meaning Inference. Applied Linguistics 31:4 ► pp. 513 ff.
Hamada, Megumi
2009. Development of L2 word-meaning inference while reading. System 37:3 ► pp. 447 ff.
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