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Bare Naked Lexis. Steve Neufeld Middle East Technical University, North Cyprus Campus & Ali Billuro ğlu Eastern Mediterranean University. Word lists – the reality of bare naked lexis. A full closet, but nothing to wear. From bare naked to fully clothed. Framework Implementation - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Bare Naked Lexis
Steve NeufeldMiddle East Technical University, North Cyprus Campus
&Ali BilluroğluEastern Mediterranean University
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Word lists – the reality of bare naked lexis
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A full closet, but nothing to wear..
Tokens Percent
BNL-A (1270 words): 204 88% BNL-B (870 words): 19 8% BNL-C (576 words): 4 2% Off-List Words: 5 2%
Integral text: which education system is better turkish or american american and turkish education systems can be analyzed in terms of equality freeness and enrichment in the schooling system first in both countries education is equal to everyone by laws it is not important students beliefs or financial conditions teachers and managers should behave equally to everyone for example there are many people from different nations and religions in turkey and their children have been educated equally in usa there is also no restriction on beliefs and no exact prayer required second public education is free for everyone which means government pay for the education expenses there are not only rich people in turkey but also most of the population is very poor according to laws poor people has also got a chance to be educated in the same way education is free and compulsory in us apart from these similarities there is a difference about enrichment of the students schools in turkey generally have an aim to teach students basic fundamentals but it is not very essential to do like that in contrast enrichment of the students has a great importance in american education system growing in both body and mind is encouraged if we sum all of these facts american and turkish education systems have many similarities but american system has a more suitable way to educate students both socially and academically
Analysis from the Vocabulary Profiler, The Compleat Lexical Tutor. http://lextutor.ca/vp/tr
Tokens Percent
BNL-A (1270 words): 204 88% BNL-B (870 words): 19 8% BNL-C (576 words): 4 2% Off-List Words: 5 2%
Integral text: which education system is better turkish or american american and turkish education systems can be analyzed in terms of equality freeness and enrichment in the schooling system first in both countries education is equal to everyone by laws it is not important students beliefs or financial conditions teachers and managers should behave equally to everyone for example there are many people from different nations and religions in turkey and their children have been educated equally in usa there is also no restriction on beliefs and no exact prayer required second public education is free for everyone which means government pay for the education expenses there are not only rich people in turkey but also most of the population is very poor according to laws poor people has also got a chance to be educated in the same way education is free and compulsory in us apart from these similarities there is a difference about enrichment of the students schools in turkey generally have an aim to teach students basic fundamentals but it is not very essential to do like that in contrast enrichment of the students has a great importance in american education system growing in both body and mind is encouraged if we sum all of these facts american and turkish education systems have many similarities but american system has a more suitable way to educate students both socially and academically
Analysis from the Vocabulary Profiler, The Compleat Lexical Tutor. http://lextutor.ca/vp/tr
Tokens Percent
BNL-A (1270 words): 204 88% BNL-B (870 words): 19 8% BNL-C (576 words): 4 2% Off-List Words: 5 2%
Integral text: which education system is better turkish or american american and turkish education systems can be analyzed in terms of equality freeness and enrichment in the schooling system first in both countries education is equal to everyone by laws it is not important students beliefs or financial conditions teachers and managers should behave equally to everyone for example there are many people from different nations and religions in turkey and their children have been educated equally in usa there is also no restriction on beliefs and no exact prayer required second public education is free for everyone which means government pay for the education expenses there are not only rich people in turkey but also most of the population is very poor according to laws poor people has also got a chance to be educated in the same way education is free and compulsory in us apart from these similarities there is a difference about enrichment of the students schools in turkey generally have an aim to teach students basic fundamentals but it is not very essential to do like that in contrast enrichment of the students has a great importance in american education system growing in both body and mind is encouraged if we sum all of these facts american and turkish education systems have many similarities but american system has a more suitable way to educate students both socially and academically
Analysis from the Vocabulary Profiler, The Compleat Lexical Tutor. http://lextutor.ca/vp/tr
Tokens Percent
BNL-A (1270 words): 204 88% BNL-B (870 words): 19 8% BNL-C (576 words): 4 2% Off-List Words: 5 2%
Integral text: which education system is better turkish or american american and turkish education systems can be analyzed in terms of equality freeness and enrichment in the schooling system first in both countries education is equal to everyone by laws it is not important students beliefs or financial conditions teachers and managers should behave equally to everyone for example there are many people from different nations and religions in turkey and their children have been educated equally in usa there is also no restriction on beliefs and no exact prayer required second public education is free for everyone which means government pay for the education expenses there are not only rich people in turkey but also most of the population is very poor according to laws poor people has also got a chance to be educated in the same way education is free and compulsory in us apart from these similarities there is a difference about enrichment of the students schools in turkey generally have an aim to teach students basic fundamentals but it is not very essential to do like that in contrast enrichment of the students has a great importance in american education system growing in both body and mind is encouraged if we sum all of these facts american and turkish education systems have many similarities but american system has a more suitable way to educate students both socially and academically
Analysis from the Vocabulary Profiler, The Compleat Lexical Tutor. http://lextutor.ca/vp/tr
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From bare naked to fully clothed
• Framework
• Implementation
• Integration and support
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How bare is bare naked?
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c o n v e r s a t io n
f ic t io n
n e w s p a p e r s
a c a d e m ic t e x t
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Measuring for the best fit
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BNL Ranking
From K1
From K2
From AWL
Newly added
Subtotals
One 642 98 24 1 765
Two 192 274 38 1 505
Three 77 254 105 3 439
Four 46 212 145 25 428
Five 20 138 203 27 388
Six 2 8 55 119 184
Subtotals 979 984 570 176 2709
Making the alterations
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One size fits all
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W o r d l i s t b a n d s
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Ready to wear
• Book and CD for each student
• Workshops for teachers
• Curriculum Team integrated into weekly schedule
• Testing Team use as basis for assessment
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Getting it right
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Trying it on
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Wrapping it up
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The accessories
• Teacher forum
• Full concordance on CD
• Text-to-speech software
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Personalizing the wardrobe
• Web-based resources
• MOODLE
• Word list in WIKI
• XML glossary
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All their bags are packed, they’re ready to go…
• Foundation for corpus-based approaches
• Lexical focus in syllabus
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Bare No Longer
• Accommodate theory and pedagogy of lexical approach within existing syllabus
• Change mindset of teachers and students through a systematic approach and attention to naturally occurring language
• Foundation and strategies for long-term