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Language through SFF literature - Coggle Diagram
Language through SFF literature
Incidental vocabulary acquisition :star:
Sufficiency of unknown words
4-5 times exposure to the new word makes it 46% recognizable
Texts that are slightly more difficult than the learner's comprehension level
Overall productive scientific language improvement
Methodology :check:
Two way modification
Spelling should be revised in American English
Check the word list for derivations
Analysis :question:
Tool- AntConc
Categorizing 318 science specific words into 6 groups based on their frequency
Finding the most economical reading level
Calculating the potential lexical gains
Results :red_flag:
Frequency of science words in SFF, Fiction and Science
One specific word from the list occurs
every 367 words in general fiction texts
every 199 words in SFF texts
every 59 words in science texts
Analysis of the potential exposure to science word families in SFF