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low frequency words, it may have words that students at this level need to know. This low frequency list should not be ignored in teaching and teachers have to make a selection for useful words in this
category.
E. Negative vocabulary profiles of the textbook
This section presents the description of negative vocabulary profiles of the sample textbook. Negative vocabulary is vocabulary items that are not found in the textbook. These missing words are
derived from differences of words in the New General Word List NGWL and words in the textbook used in this study. The list of negative K-1 words below is useful for teachers in selecting vocabulary
items that students may find useful to develop their vocabulary knowledge.
B.1. Negative VP of K-1
This following analysis shows all the word families =head words from the K-1 level that were not found in the textbook. The summary of negative vocabulary profile for K-1 level is presented below:
K-1 Total word families: 964 K-1 families in input:
679 70.44 K-1 families not in input: 286 29.67
These percentages do not refer to tokens or number of words in the textbook but rather number of word families. According to the summary, 70.44 of word families were found in the
textbook, which means, 29.67 of ord fa ilies ere issi g or ot fou d ased o the ords listed
in New General Service List NGSL. The followings are 10 of the word families that are not found in the input
textbook. The
complete word
list has
been put
in Appendix
A ACCOUNT
ACCOUNTABLE ACROSS ACTOR ACTRESS
ADMIT ADVANCE ADVANTAGE
ADVENTURE AFFAIR AGAINST AGE
ALLOW ALONG ANCIENT APPEAR
APPOINT ARISE ARM ARMY
ARRIVE ARTICLE
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ATTACK ATTEMPT AVERAGE BALL
BAR BATTLE, etc
B.2. Negative VP of K-2
This analysis shows all the word families =head words from the K-2 level that were not found in the input textbook. The summary of negative vocabulary profile for K-2 level is presented below:
K-2 Total word families: 986 K-2 families in input:
367 37.22 K-2 families not in input: 620 62.88
These percentages do not refer to tokens or number of words in the textbook but rather number of word families. According to the summary, 37.22 of word families were found in the
textbook, which means, 62.88 of ord fa ilies ere issi g or ot fou d ased o the ords listed
in New General Service List NGSL. The followings are 10 of the word families K-2 that were not found in the input textbook. The complete word list has been put in Appendix B
ABROAD ABSENT ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTELY
ACCUSE ACCUSTOM ADMIRE AEROPLANE
AFFORD AGRICULTURE AIM AIRPLANE
ALIKE ALIVE ALOUD ALTOGETHER
AMBITION AMUSE ANGLE ANXIETY
APART APOLOGIZE APOLOGY APPLAUD
APPROVE ARCH ARRANGE ARREST
ARROW ASH ASHAMED ASIDE
ASTONISH AUTUMN AVENUE AWAKE
AWKWARD AXE BAGGAGE BALANCE
BAND BARBER BARE BARELY
BARGAIN BARREL BASIN BATHE
BAY BEAK BEAM BEARD
BEAST BEAT BEHAVE
BELL BELT BEND BERRY
BILLION BIND, and etc
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B.3. Negative VP of AWL
This analysis shows all the word families =head words from the AWL level that were not found in the input textbook. The summary of negative vocabulary profile for AWL level is presented below:
AWL Total word families: 569 AWL families in input:
132 23.20 AWL families not in input: 438 76.98
These percentages do not refer to tokens or number of words in the textbook but rather number of word families. According to the summary, 23.20 of word families were found in the
te t ook, hi h ea s, . of ord fa ilies ere issi g or ot fou d ased o the ords listed in New General Service List NGSL. The followings are 10 of the word families that were not found in
the textbook. The complete word list has been put in Appendix C.
ABSTRACT ACADEMY
ACCESS
ACCOMMODATE
ACCUMULATE ACCURATEAC
K NOWLEDGE
ACQUIRE ADEQUATE
ADJACENT ADMINISTRATE
ADVOCATE AFFECT
AGGREGATE AID
ALBEIT ALLOCATE
ALTER ALTERNATIVE
AMBIGUOUS AMEND
ANALOGY ANNUAL
ANTICIPATE APPARENT
APPEND APPRECIATE
APPROXIMATE ARBITRARY
ASPECT ASSEMBLE
ASSESS ASSIGN
ASSIST ASSUME
ASSURE ATTACH
ATTAIN ATTRIBUTE
AUTHOR AUTHORITY
AWARE BEHAL
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B.4. Block frequency output of off-list words.
Description of block frequency output of off-list words in the textbook will be presented here. Using the tool in the Vocabulary Profiler, these words have been frequency-blocked per ten
words and have been arranged from high to low frequency. This list of words may provide teachers with useful information as to what words are necessary for teaching. In other words, teachers may
select words from the list that are relevant to teaching students at Junior High Schools. Below is the list of Off-list ords, ith
4 tokens and 543 types. Note that RANK is ranking of word, FREQ is frequency of word occurrence, COVERAGE is the percentage of word occurrences, individual or
cumulative, and the last column is the vocabulary item. The complete list of blocked frequency has been put in Appendix D.
RANK FREQ COVERAGE individu cumulative
WORD
1. 66
3.87 3.87
PUNCTUATION 2.
37 2.17
6.04 ORALLY
3. 36
2.11 8.15
BUFFALO 4.
28 1.64
9.79 ORPHAN
5. 26
1.53 11.32
INGREDIENTS 6.
23 1.35
12.67 DRUG
7. 21
1.23 13.90
ORPHANAGE 8.
20 1.17
15.07 DIALOGUE
9. 19
1.12 16.19
MAGAZINE 10.
19 1.12
17.31 RECIPE
11. 18
1.06 18.37
BATS 12.
16 0.94
19.31 HOMEWORK
13. 16
0.94 20.25
SERA 14.
15 0.88
21.13 CLASSROOM
15. 15
0.88 22.01
COCONUT 16.
15 0.88
22.89 NOVEL
17. 15
0.88 23.77
UNDERLINE 18.
13 0.76
24.53 ENCYCLOPEDIA
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19. 13
0.76 25.29
FABRICS 20.
13 0.76
26.05 HANDWRITE
C. Comparison of Vocabulary frequency levels every chapter in the textbook
