Thesis Plans: Sumit, 191242016
Title: Lexical Richness of Academic Papers: Insights from ESL and EFL among ASEAN Community

What to investigate?

Lexical richness of 100 academic papers produced by the writers of ESL (English as a second language) and EFL (English as a foreign language), published in ASEAN countries.

Why is it worth investigation?

Vocabulary is a key component of language proficiency of both ESL and EFL learners

Vocabulary knowledge and skills are important for successful writing since it is relevant to the quality of texts

Rise awareness of the writers when using vocabulary in academic papers

Who? Participants/materials

25 academic papers from four countries namely Phillipines, Malaysia, Idonesia, and Thailand

Total number of the data: 4*25=100

When to start and finish?

Where to find the data?

Open access scientific journals

Web of Science or Scopus

Septemter 2020-March 2021

Graduation: June 2021

How to conduct?

Lexical Frequency Profile (LFP)
by Laufer and Nation (1995).

LEXTUTOR

RANGE

Software?