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?