Lexical Competence

2.  Vocabulary knowledge a quantitative
and qualitative point.
 The former (breadth of knowledge) is
related: “How many words does an L2
learner need or how much vocabulary
does an L2 learner know?”

3. (depth of knowledge)
“What does knowing a word mean?”
Richards: “Vocabulary Knowledge
Framework”
knowing about the word’s: frequency
and collocability; register; position; form;
associations; meaning-concept and
meaning-associations

4. Is far more than the ability to identify
a given number of words
learners acquire a great deal
information about a word takes place
gradually over a long period of time,
and it is very elaborate

5. Chapelle: (three components)
 to describe vocabulary ability: the
context of vocabulary use
 vocabulary knowledge
 knowing of word characteristics and
lexicon organization and fundamental
processes; and metacognitive strategies
for vocabulary use

6. Refers to the way words settle in the mind
(the huge number of words, an
organizational structure of the mental
lexicon)
The main links that relate words in the
mind are: co-ordination, collocation,
superordination, synonymy