NDLI: LEARNING SCIENCE THROUGH ENGLISH: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE VOCABULARY SKILLS OF NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	O’FARRELL, Finbar J. CHILDS, Peter E.
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	This paper describes a study carried out at nine international schools in Europe and Asia, to investigate the command of non-technical vocabulary amongst native and non-native speakers of English. A total of 758 pupils participated in the study. Data were collected using multiple-choice tests designed and administered in the early 1980s in a large sample of schools in Great Britain to test secondary school pupil s command of ninety difficult non-technical terms. In this paper, our data are compared with the British sample and the findings are set in the context of theories relating to English as a Second Language (ESL) learning. Non-native speakers attending the schools in the study sample show a deficit in their command of non-technical vocabulary, compared to their native speaking counterparts, amounting to about two years at each grade level tested. Native speakers surpass or equal their counterparts in the original British study. [Chem. Educ. Res. Pract.: 2003, 4, 233-247]
Starting Page	233
Ending Page	247
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	11094028
Volume Number	4
Issue Number	3
Journal	Chemistry Education Research and Practice
DOI	10.1039/B3RP90015K
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Great Britain Asia Europe United Kingdom English as a second or foreign language International school Educ
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Education

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