Open AccessCorpus Concordance for Enhancing EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Retention
Author(s) -
Ayman Mohamed El-Esery
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of education and training
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2330-9709
DOI - 10.5296/jet.v3i1.8202
Subject(s) - lexis , concordance , vocabulary , sample (material) , meaning (existential) , vocabulary learning , psychology , linguistics , word (group theory) , mathematics education , computer science , medicine , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , psychotherapist
The snappy and dependable utilization of Concordancers forwarded them for use in studies. Since Lexis start language learning, advocates have tried to utilize concordancing programs in English language teaching. Computer programs are utilized as a regular part of language teaching, yet they don't take much place in the instructing of Lexis. This study first point of interest is the utilization of concordancing programs and gives methods that can be managed in ELT and represents sample uses of concordancing programs in teaching Lexis after reviewing literature related to concordance in ELT. Thirty EFL students enrolled at the Uqlat Asoqour College of Science and Arts, Qassim University represented the sample of this study. Results showed that the students using an online concordance learning approach had a higher level of retention in terms of word meaning and word usage in comparison with those using the regular vocabulary learning method.