Abstract

SERFATI, Mohamed. EVOLUTION OF THE AVAILABLE LEXICON IN SPANISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE OF MOROCCAN LEARNERS OF SECONDARY AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. Linguist.lit. [online]. 2021, n.79, pp.164-180.  Epub Nov 17, 2022. ISSN 0120-5587.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n79a09.

This study presents the analysis of the lexical availability of Moroccan secondary and university level learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language from the Souss-Massa region -Agadir, Morocco-, based on the methodological guidelines proposed by the Pan-Hispanic Project of Lexical Availability (PPHDL). The objective is to compare the results from both levels and to present some quantitative considerations about them, namely, the production of words, the average of responses per informant and the degree of density. The results revealed that there is a statistically significant difference in the lexical flow of high school students and that of university students.

Keywords : Spanish as a foreign language; available lexicon; lexical flow; lexical competence; Moroccan apprentices; high school and college students.

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