The Impact of Attrition on Vocabulary Knowledge among Saudi Teachers

Autor/in	Alharthi, Thamer
Titel	The Impact of Attrition on Vocabulary Knowledge among Saudi Teachers
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 7 (2014) 4, S.111-118 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Language Skill Attrition; English Teachers; Graduate Study; College Faculty; Vocabulary Skills; Pretests Posttests; Language Tests; Achievement Gains; Knowledge Level; Second Language Instruction; Verbs; Form Classes (Languages); English (Second Language); Predictor Variables; Longitudinal Studies; Scores; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sprachverfall; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Fakultät; Aktiver Wortschatz; Language test; Sprachtest; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Wissensbasis; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Analytischer Sprachbau; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Prädiktor; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	This two-year longitudinal study tracks the extent of vocabulary attrition among Arabic-speaking English graduate teachers. Data were collected through pre-post tests of receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge. The results showed drastic attrition in vocabulary knowledge soon after the end of formal instruction followed by slight gain, although the gain was not quite back to the level of baseline achievement. Verbs and adjectives were more prone to attrition than nouns. The rate of attrition was greater for productive than receptive lexical knowledge. Interestingly, knowledge at peak attainment emerged as a predictor of attrition over time. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01