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A Frequency Analysis of Vocabulary in Three First‐Year Textbooks of German
Author(s) -
Lipinski Silke
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
die unterrichtspraxis/teaching german
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1756-1221
pISSN - 0042-062X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1221.2010.00078.x
Subject(s) - german , vocabulary , linguistics , word lists by frequency , word (group theory) , computer science , vocabulary learning , mathematics education , psychology , natural language processing , philosophy , sentence
Research shows that the most frequently used words of a language's vocabulary are of great benefit and importance for the learner, especially during the early stages of language learning. Information about word frequency, therefore, plays a critical role when selecting vocabulary for a German course or textbook. This article describes a study which investigates how three current and widely‐used textbooks for first‐year German instruction at American universities and colleges reflect German lexical frequencies. The three textbooks investigated are Deutsch heute, Kontakte , and Neue Horizonte.