Chui Sze Yan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-105). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.1 / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.iii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Background of the Present Study --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- A Response: The Present Study --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Significance of the Study --- p.3 / Chapter 1.5 --- Research Questions --- p.4 / Chapter 1.6 --- Organization of Thesis --- p.5 / Chapter 1.7 --- Summary --- p.6 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Vocabulary and Vocabulary Knowledge --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- "The notion of ""word""" --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- "What does ""knowing a word"" mean?" --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.2.1 --- Richards' eight assumptions --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.2.2 --- Carter's seven characteristics --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.2.3 --- Nation's model --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- L2 Vocabulary Acquisition --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Development of L2 mental lexicon --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3.1.1 --- L1 versus L2 --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3.1.2 --- Receptive vocabulary versus productive vocabulary --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- How vocabulary should be learnt: Explicit versus implicit --- p.17 / Chapter 2.4 --- Vocabulary Testing --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- What makes a good vocabulary test --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Breadth versus depth: Some implications for test design --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4.2.1 --- Meara's Eurocentres Vocabulary Size Test --- p.22 / Chapter 2.4.2.2 --- Nation's Vocabulary Levels Test --- p.23 / Chapter 2.4.2.3 --- Wesche and Paribakht's Vocabulary Knowledge Scale --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4.2.4 --- Read's Word Associates Test --- p.26 / Chapter 2.5 --- Educational Context in Hong Kong --- p.28 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Medium of instruction --- p.29 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- English vocabulary teaching in secondary schools --- p.31 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Vocabulary studies on Hong Kong tertiary students --- p.33 / Chapter 2.6 --- Summary --- p.35 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- RESEARCH DESIGN / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2 --- Participants --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Selection of participants --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Profile of participants --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3 --- Instrumentation --- p.43 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Vocabulary breadth measure --- p.43 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Vocabulary depth measure --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Personal information sheet --- p.48 / Chapter 3.4 --- Procedures --- p.48 / Chapter 3.5 --- Data Analysis --- p.51 / Chapter 3.6 --- Summary --- p.52 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- RESULTS / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2 --- Vocabulary Breadth --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Overall performance of Hong Kong university students --- p.54 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Comparing performance of students with different educational backgrounds --- p.55 / Chapter 4.2.2.1 --- Hong Kong students and mainland China students --- p.55 / Chapter 4.2.2.2 --- Form 6 students and Form 7 students --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2.2.3 --- Students in the three faculties --- p.59 / Chapter 4.2.2.4 --- Students studying through different medium of instruction in secondary schools --- p.62 / Chapter 4.3 --- Vocabulary Depth --- p.66 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Performance in different aspects of vocabulary knowledge --- p.67 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Relationship between different aspects of vocabulary knowledge and sentence production --- p.68 / Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.69 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- DISCUSSION / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.71 / Chapter 5.2 --- Vocabulary Size of University Students in Hong Kong --- p.71 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- General vocabulary --- p.71 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Academic vocabulary --- p.73 / Chapter 5.3 --- Comparison Between the Present Results and Past Studies Conducted in Hong Kong --- p.76 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Littlewood and Liu (1996) --- p.76 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Fan (2001) --- p.77 / Chapter 5.4 --- Differences in Vocabulary Breadth --- p.79 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Hong Kong students and mainland China students --- p.79 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Form 6 students and Form 7 students --- p.80 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- The faculty factor --- p.81 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- The medium of instruction factor --- p.83 / Chapter 5.5 --- Insights from Students' Quality of Knowledge of Academic Words --- p.84 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Negligence of morphology and collocation in English vocabulary teaching --- p.84 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Importance of morphology and collocation for sentence production --- p.86 / Chapter 5.5.3 --- Enhancing effectiveness by incorporating explicit vocabulary teaching into implicit vocabulary learning --- p.87 / Chapter 5.6 --- Summary --- p.92 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.93 / Chapter 6.2 --- Implications of the Present Study --- p.93 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Recommendation to the university --- p.93 / Chapter 6.2.1.1 --- Compulsory academic vocabulary courses to first-year university students --- p.93 / Chapter 6.2.1.2 --- Policy on students from mainland China --- p.94 / Chapter 6.2.1.3 --- Policy on Form 6 EAS students --- p.94 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Recommendation to secondary school English language teachers --- p.95 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Recommendation to the government --- p.96 / Chapter 6.2.4 --- Recommendation to Hong Kong university students --- p.97 / Chapter 6.3 --- Limitations of the Present Study --- p.97 / Chapter 6.4 --- Suggestions for Further Research --- p.99 / Chapter 6.5 --- Summary --- p.100 / REFERENCES --- p.101
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325314 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Contributors | Chui, Sze Yan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of English. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 140 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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