ACADEMIC WORDS and GENDER

Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-49

  Scarcella, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937257980     PISSN: 02722631     EISSN: 14701545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0272263198001028     Document Type: Article

References (73)

1. The American Association Of American Colleges Report. (1995). The classroom climate: A chilly one for women. Washington, DC: US Dept. Of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center.
2. Baker D 1989). Language testing: A critical survey and practical guide. London: Edward Arnold.
3. Boyle, J. P. (1987). Sex differences in listening vocabulary. Language Learning, 27, 273-284.
4. Brimer, M. A. (1969). Sex differences in listening comprehension. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 9, 171-179.
5. Brown, C. (1993). Factors affecting the acquisition of vocabulary: Frequency and saliency Of words. In T. Huckin, M. Haynes, & J. Coady (Eds.), Second language reading and t.ocabulary learning (pp. 263-286). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
6. Brown, J. D. (1996). Testing in language programs. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
7. Caffrey, J. (1955). Adding ability at the secondary level. Education, 75, 303-310.
8. Carrell, P. Devine, J., & Bkey, D. (1988). Interactive approaches to second language reading. New York: Cambridge University Press.
9. Carroll, J. B. (1969). Reaction to Brimer's article. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 9, 180-181.
10. Coady, J. (1993). Research on ESL/EFL vocabulary acquisition: Putting it in context. In T. Huckin, M. Haynes, & J. Coady (Eds.), language reading and vocabulary learning (pp. 3-23). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
11. Cohen, A. (1990). Language learning: Insights for learners, teachers, and researchers. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
12. Cohen, A., Glasman, H., Rosenbaum-Cohen, L., Ferrara, J., & Fine, J. (1988). Reading English for specialized purposes: Discourse analysis and the use of student informants. In P. L Carrell, J. Devine, & D. Fskey (Eds.), Interactive approaches to L2 reading (pp. 152-167). New York: Cambridge University Press.
13. Eisenstein, M. (1982). A study of social variation in adult L2 acquisition. Innguage Learning, 32, 367-391.
14. Engber, C. (1995). The relationship of lexical proficiency to the quality of ESL compositions. Journal of L2 writing, 4, 138-155.
15. Ehrman, R. , & Oxford, R. (1989). Effects of sex differences, career choice, and psychological type on adults' language learning strategies. Modern Language Journal, 73, 1-13.
16. Farhady, H. (1982). Measures of language proficiency from the learner's perspective. TESOL Quarterly, 16, 43-59.
17. Feingold, A. (1992). Sex differences in variability in intellectual abilities: A new 100k at an old controversy. Review of Education Research, 62, 61-84.
18. Gass, S. M. (1988). Second language vocabulary acquisition. In R. B. Kaplan (Ed.), Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, IX (pp. 92-106). New York: Cambridge University Press.
19. Gass, S. M., & Varonis, Fn M. (1986). Sex differences in nonnative speaker-nonnative speaker interactions. In R. R. Day (Ed.), Talking to learn: Conversation in 12 acquisition (pp. 327-351). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
20. Gradman, H., & Hanania, E. (1991). Language learning background factors and FSL proficiency. Modern Language Journal, 75, 39-51.
21. Green, J. M. & Oxford, R. (1995). A closer look at learning strategies, L2 proficiency, and gender. TESOL Quarterly, 29, 261-297.
22. Hall Jamieson, K. (1995). Beyond the double bind: Women and leadership. New York: Oxford University
23. Hatch, E., & Brown, C. (1995). Vocabulary, semantics, and language education. New York: Cambridge University Press.
24. Jenkins, J. R., & Dixon, R. (1983). Vocabulary learning. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8, 237-260.
25. Keenan, E. (1974). Norm-makers, norm-breakers: Uses of speech by men and women in a Malagasy commu-nity. In R. Bauman & J. Sherzer (Eds.), Explorations in the ethnography of speaking (pp. 125-144). New York: Cambridge University Press.
26. Kerlinger, F. (1973). Foundations of behavioral research. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
27. Krashen, S. D. (1989). We acquire vocabulary and spelling by reading: Additional evidence for the input hypothesis. Modern Language Journal, 73, 440-464.
28. Krashen, S. D. (1993). Power of reading. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
29. Lakoff, R. (1973). Language and woman's place. Language in Society, 2, 45-80.
30. Larsen-Freeman, D., & Long, M. (1993). An introduction to second language research. London: Longman.
31. Laufer, B. (1989). How much lexis is necessary for reading comprehension? In H. Bejoint & P. Arnaud (Eds.), Vocabulary and Applied Linguistics (pp. 126-132). London: MacMillan.
32. Laufer, B. (1991). The development of L2 lexis in the expression of the advanced learner. Modern Language Journal, 75, 440-448.
33. Leki, L, & Carson, J. G. (1994). Students' perceptions of EAP writing instruction and writing needs across the disciplines. TESOL Quarterly, 5, 261-297.
34. Macias, R. (1995). CA LEP enrollment continues slow growth in 1995. In University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute New Report, 5, 1-2.
35. Maccoby, E. , & Jacklin, C. (1974). The psychology of sex differences. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
36. Mann, J. (1995). The difference: Growing up female in America. New York: Warner Books.
37. Mansnerus, L. (1989, August 6). SAT separates girls from boys. New York Times, pp. 4A, 27-28.
38. Markham, P. (1988). Gender and perceived expertness of the speaker as factors in ESL listening recall. TESOL Quarterly, 22, 397-406.
39. Meara, P. (1984). The study of lexis in interlanguage. In A. Davies, C. Criper, & A. P. R. Howatt (Eds.), Interlanguage (pp. 225-239). Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press.
40. Na, L, & Nation, l. S. P. (1985). Factors affecting guessing vocabulary in context. RELCJournal, 16, 33-42.
41. Nagy, W. E., & Anderson, R. C. (1984). How many words are there in printed school English? Reading Research Quarterly, 19, 304-330.
42. Nagy, W. E., & Herman, P. A. (1987). Breadth and depth Of vocabulary knowledge: Implications for acquisi-Tion and instruction. In M. G. McKeown & M. E. Curtis (Eds.), Vocabulary and language teaching (pp. 97-110). New York: Longman.
43. Nation, l. S. P 1990). Teaching and learning vocabulary. New York Harper and Row.
44. Nation, I. S. P. (1993). Vocabulary size, growth and use. In R. Schreuder & B. Weltens (Eds.), The bilingual lexicon (pp. 115-134). Amsterdam: Benjamins.
45. Nation, I. S. P., & Coady, J. (1988). Vocabulary and reading. In R. Carter & Q. McCarthy (Eds.), Vocabulary and language teaching (pp. 97-110). New York: Longman.
46. Nyikos, M. (1990). Sex-related differences in adult language learning: Socialization and memory factors. Modern Language Journal, 74, 273-287.
47. O'Barr, W., & Atkins, B. (1980). "Women's language" or "powerless language"? In S. McConnell-Ginet, R. Borker, & N. Furman (Eds.), Women and language in literature and society (pp. 93-110). New York: Praeger.
48. Oxford, R. (1993). Instructional implications of gender differences in second/foreign language (L2) learning styles and strategies. Applied Innguage Learning, 4, 65-94.
49. Oxford, R., & Nyikos, M. (1989). Variables affecting choice Of language learning strategies by university students. Modern Language Journal, 73, 291-300.
50. Paribakht, T., & Wesche, M.' (1993). Reading and L2 development in a comprehension-based FSL program. TESL Canada Journal, 11, 9-29.
51. Paribakht, T., & Wesche, M. (1995). Vocabulary enhancement activities and reading for meaning in second language vocabulary acquisition. In J. Coady & T. Huckin (Eds.), Second language reading and tocabu-lary acquisition: A rationale for pedagogy. New York: Cambridge University Press.
52. Parry, K. (1991). Building a vocabulary through academic reading. TESOL Quarterly, 25, 629-670.
53. Parry, K. (1993). Too many words: Learning the vocabulary Of an academic subject. In T. Huckin, M. Haynes, & J. Coady (Eds.), Second language reading and vocabulary learning (pp. 109-129). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
54. Peirce, B. N. (1995). Social identity, investment, and language learning. TESOL Quarterly, 29, 9-31.
55. Philips, S. U., Steel, S., & Tanz, C. (Eds.). (1987). Language, gender, and sex in comparative perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press.
56. Pica, T., Holliday, L., Lewis, N., Berducci, D., & Newman, J. (1991). Language learning through interaction: What role does gender play? Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 13, 343-376.
57. Raimes, A. (1985). What unskilled BL students do when they write: A classroom study of composing. TESOL Quarterly, 19, 229-258.
58. Sadker, M., & Sadker, D. (1986). What girls learn from hidden lessons. Tennessee Teacher. November-December, 26.
59. Santos, T. (1988). Professors' reactions to the academic writing of nonnative-speaking students. TESOL Quarterly, 22, 69-90.
60. Schieffelin, B. B. (1987). Do different worlds mean different words? An example from Papua New Guinea. In S. U. Philips, S. Steel, & C. Tanz (Eds.), Language, gender and sex in comparative perspective (pp. 249-260). New York: Cambridge University Press.
61. Sheory, R., & Mokhatari, K. (1993). Reading habits of university ESL students. TESOL Matters, 3, 9.
62. Spack, R. (1984). Invention strategies and the BL composition student. TESOL Quarterly, 18, 649-670.
63. Sue, S., & Okazaki, S. (1995). Asian American educational achievements: A phenomenon in search of an explanation. In D. T. Nakanishi & T. Y. Nishida The Asian American educational experience: A source book for teachers and students (pp. 143-165). New York: Routledge
64. Sutarsyah, C., Nation, P., & Kennedy, G. (in press). How useful is EAP vocabulary for ESP? A corpus-based case study. RELC Journal.
65. Tannen, D. (1990). You just don't understand: Women and men in conversation. New York: Ballantine Books.
66. Tannen, D. (1994). Gender and Discourse. New York: Oxford University Press.
67. Tran, T. V. (1988). Sex differences in English language acculturation and learning strategies among Vietnam-ese adults age 40 and over in the United States. Sex Roles, 19, 747-758.
68. West, C., & Zimmerman, D. (1983). Small insults: A study of interruptions in cross-sex conversations between unacquainted persons. In B. Thorne, C. Kramarae, & N. Henley (Eds.), Innguage, gender and society (pp. 103-117). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
69. West, C., & Zimmerman, D. (1985). Gender, language and discourse. In T. S. van Dijk (Ed.), Handbook of discourse analysis: Vol. 4. Discourse analysis in society (pp. 103-124). London: Academic Press.
70. Willing, K. (1988). Learning styles in adult migrant education. Adelaide, Australia: National Curriculum Research Council.
71. Xue, G. , & Nation, l. S. P. (1984). A university word list. Language Learning and Communication, 3, 215-229.
72. Zimmerman, C. (1994). Self-selected reading and interactive vocabulary instruction: Knowledge and percep-Tions of word learning among L2 learners. Unpublished Ph.D dissertation, University Of Southern Califor-nia, Los Angeles.
73. Zimmerman, D., & West, C. (1975). Sex roles, interruptions and silences in conversation. In B. Thorne & N. Henley (Eds.), Language and sex Difference and dominance (pp. 105-129). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.