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The Mental Lexicon and English Vocabulary Teaching - Coggle Diagram
The Mental Lexicon and English Vocabulary Teaching
Introduction
Vocabulary is a crucial component of language
“difficult to learn and easy to forget”
Based on the mental lexicon and its processes.
The notion of Mental Lexicon
Organization of and Access to Mental Lexicon
Organization of the Mental Lexicon
The Hierarchical Network Model
Spreading Activation Models
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Deal with word–meaning relationships.
Hypothesizes that words are stored in one’s
memor.
Every word is connected according to its semantic features.
Mental lexicon is a network of interconnected elements
Word meanings are based on their relationship to other words
Access to the Mental Lexicon
Definition of Lexical Access
The Autonomous Search Model
The Logogen Model
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Divided into two components.
Devoted to the
orthographic properties of word.
Focuses on their phonetic properties.
Process by which meanings are activated in the internal lexicon.
It happens through the sensory perception
Implication for English Vocabulary Teaching
Learning Words from Context versus Word Lists
Establishing Semantic Relations between Words
Providing Learners with Frequent Exposure
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Types of semantic relations
Concern the various boundaries between conceptual meanings
Concerns polysemy and homonymy.
Type of indirect or incidental learning.
Vocabulary should be taught in context.
Words are recognized more quickly than isolated words.
Defining the Mental Lexicon
Differences between the Mental Lexicon and Standard Dictionaries
Mental lexicon is not organized in alphabetical order.
Dictionary contains a finite number of words.
Words in dictionaries are listed in isolation.
Includes substantially more information than a dictionary.
Psycholinguistics concerns the mental processes involved in language use.
Focuses on the organization of word knowledge.
Words are stored in our memory.