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Recent teaching methodology has become more interested in the role of vocabulary in the L2 language classroom. The effects of this interest have helped to influence both the importance that second language teachers place on vocabulary acquisition as well as the way vocabulary is presented in lessons and course books. For these reasons many current researchers and teachers have suggested that a more in-depth understanding of L2 learner’s lexical associations could possibly provide a better base for both L2 vocabulary presentation, as well as for L2 learner acquisition. The present essay explores the relationships between two levels of EFL Korean learners’ learned words, lexical associations, and vocabulary development through the use of a word-association test. After drawing comparisons between the two levels, as well as previous word-association tests conducted in both Korea and Japan this essay concludes by stating the following: 1) Word association tests can provide information about how learners make mental associations between words in their L2 mental lexicon. 2) phonological links, paradigmatic, syntagmatic, and syllabic associations are not determined by learner levels.

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I. Introduction
 II. What are Lexical Associations and how do they work?
  1. Syntagmatic Associations
  2. Paradigmatic Associations
  3. Phonological and Orthographical Associations
  4. Encyclopedic Relationships
 III. Findings of Previous Word-Association Tests
  1. Problems with Word-Association Tests
 IV. The Research Method and Focus
  1. The Participants
  2. Administering the Word-Association Study
  3. Choosing the Stimuli
  4. Defining the Associations
  5. Analyzing the data
  6. Pre-Test Hypothesis
 V. Results and Discussion
  1. Does such a word-association test tell you anything about how your learners are making mental links between words they have learnt?
  2. At lower levels, are phonological similarities playing an important role?
  3. Do the results bear out the characteristic types of responses as discussed by McCarthy in Section 3.2 of his book?
  4. Shortcomings of this Test
  5. Suggestions for Further Research
 VI. Conclusion
 Works Cited
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• Billiris, Chad [ Induk University ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810