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The Learner's Lexicon of North American English
a list of 2400 essential words arranged in four levels
by Raymond
C. Clark
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Price: $10.00
ISBN: 0-86647-157-X
Contents
Introduction
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This
is a list of 2400 words arranged in four levels; 300, 600, 1200,
and 2400 essential words. Although based on various word frequency
lists, The Learner's Lexicon also includes words chosen to
meet the specific needs of learners surviving and participating
in an English-speaking context.
Because of the tremendous variation among learners and their
backgrounds and needs, this lexicon, limited to 2400 words, is based
on a generalized list of words that virtually all learners need
to know, whether child or adult, immigrant or traveller. A close
examination of the list will reveal that the 0-300 level is heavy
with function words and very basic verbs and adjectives, whereas
the number of nouns is more limited. As one progresses through the
list, the proportion of nouns increases as do the number of derivations,
as the learners' ability to express themselves becomes more sophisticated,
and the topics of communication become more numerous and wider.
This lexicon purposefully goes only to the 2400-word level, because
beyond this level, the predictability of the learner's requirements
becomes less and less certain, and more and more diffuse. A more
detailed explanation of the text and its use can be found in the
Introduction link above. |
Other books by Raymond C Clark
English Interplay
The ESL Miscellany
Getting a Fix on Vocabulary
Heroes from American History
Index Card Games for ESL
Match It!
More Index Card Games
Plays for the Holidays
Potluck
Story Cards: Aesop's Fables & Nasreddin Hodja
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