Developmental Features of Lexical Richness in English Writings by Chinese L3 Beginner Learners.

ABSTRACT: Lexical richness is considered as one of the most efficient methods for assessing writing proficiency and development. However, the developmental features of lexical richness in L3 writing remain relatively poorly understood compared with that of L2 writings. This study reports a cross-sectional corpus-based study that aims to explore the developmental features of lexical richness in L3 writings by Chinese beginner learners of English from the perspective of the dynamic usage-based approach. Specifically, this study compares samples of English writing by Chinese L3 secondary students (grades 7-12) aged 13-18 across three learning stages in terms of lexical sophistication, lexical diversity and lexical density. The writing samples were collected from the Writing Corpus of Chinese Ethnic Min

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8498328 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature