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VIRSVocabulary in Reading Study

References

The research and tools behind VIRS. To cite VIRS itself: Ehsanzadeh, S.J. & Dwyer, E. (2017). A Corpus-based K-12 School Dictionary.

Research

  • Baddeley, A. (1990). Human Memory. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Begeny, J. C., & Greene, D. J. (2014). Can readability formulas be used to successfully gauge difficulty of reading materials? Psychology in the Schools, 51, 198–215. doi:10.1002/pits.21740
  • Cobb, T. (2017). LexTutor (1998–2017). lextutor.ca
  • Coxhead, A. (2000). A new academic word list. TESOL Quarterly, 34, 213–238.
  • Dwyer, E., Ehsanzadeh, S.J., & Grigorescu, C. (submitted for publication). Academic vocabulary in primary and secondary content area textbooks. Journal of English for Academic Purposes.
  • Wikibooks: Reading Levels. wikibooks.org
  • Dwyer, E., & Ehsanzadeh, S.J. (2016, September). The Teachers’ U.S. Corpus (TUSC). Paper presented at the International Vocab@Tokyo Vocabulary Conference, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Dwyer, E., & Ehsanzadeh, S.J. (2016, May). Academic language in K-12 context. Paper presented at the Sunshine State TESOL Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida.
  • Dwyer, E., & Ehsanzadeh, S.J. (2016, October). Academic vocabulary: Then and now. 12th Annual MDTESOL/Bilingual Education Association Fall Symposium, MDC InterAmerican, Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida.
  • Ehsanzadeh, S.J. (2012). Depth versus breadth of lexical repertoire: Assessing their role in EFL students’ incidental vocabulary acquisition. TESL Canada Journal, 29(2), 24–41.
  • Ehsanzadeh, S.J., & Dwyer, E. (2018, March). The Science and Math Academic Corpus for Kids (SMACK). Paper presented at the Annual TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Ehsanzadeh, S.J., & Dwyer, E. (2017, March). Teachers’ U.S. Corpus: A new perspective. Paper presented at the Annual TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo, Seattle, Washington.
  • Ehsanzadeh, S.J., & Dwyer, E. (2016, October). A new academic word list for K-12 context. Paper presented at the Annual Southeast TESOL Regional Conference (SETESOL), Louisville, Kentucky.
  • Ehsanzadeh, S.J., Dwyer, E., & Carter, D. (2015, October). Situated language of mathematics. Paper presented at SETESOL and K-12 Dream Day, University of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Flesch, R. How to write plain English. University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
  • Gardner, D., & Davies, M. (2013). A new academic vocabulary list. Applied Linguistics, 35(3), 305–327.
  • Laufer, B. (2003). Vocabulary acquisition in a second language: Do learners really acquire most vocabulary by reading? Some empirical evidence. Canadian Modern Language Review, 59(4), 567–587.
  • Nation, P. (2013). Learning Vocabulary in Another Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Schunk, D. H. (2012). Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective. Pearson Education.
  • Tognini-Bonelli, E. (2001). Corpus Linguistics at Work. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  • West, M. (1953). A General Service List of English Words. London: Longman, Green.

Technology