TITLE:
Core and Networking in L2 Lexical Teaching in an Input-Poor Context
AUTHORS:
Masanobu Sato, Shigenori Tanaka
KEYWORDS:
L2 Lexical Competence, Search-Translation-Equivalent Strategy, Lexical Core, Network-Building, Awareness-Raising
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Linguistics,
Vol.4 No.5,
December
15,
2014
ABSTRACT: This paper discusses problems in developing L2 lexical competence in an input-poor environment, and suggests what we can do so as to minimize the negative effects of those problems on L2 lexical learning. As an unavoidable problem, we discussed a learner strategy unequivocally used by Japanese students when learning the meaning of a new word. To enhance L2 lexical learning, we suggested that lexical core, combined with the notion of network building, has a lot of pedagogical potential. With two cases (the preposition on, and the basic verbs of communication), we demonstrated how the core schema of a lexical item(s) becomes a common thread that weaves both intra-lexical and inter-lexical networks.