15 some of words might be useful in teaching and or learning process if the teachers are
going to use the books.
B. Negative vocabulary profiles of the short story books
This section presents the description of negative vocabulary profiles of the short story books. Negative vocabulary is vocabulary items that are not found in the
short story books. These missing vcabulary items are derived from differences of words in the New General Word List and words in the short story books used in this
study. The list of negative K-1 words below might be useful for the students to develop their vocabulary knowledge by looking the meaning of vocabulary in
dictioanry or asking the meaning of vocabulary to the teachers.
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 or missing in the three short story books. The summary
of negative vocabulary profile for K-1 level is presented below. These percentages refer to number of word families. Based on the summary, 70.64 of word families
were found in the short story books, which means 29.46 of words families were „missing‟ or not found based on the words listed in New General Service List
NGSL.
K-1 Total word families: 964 K-1 families in input:
681 70.64 K-1 families not in input: 284 29.46
The followings are some of the word families that are not found in the input short story books book1, 2, and 3. The complete word list in Appendix A.
16 ACCORD
ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABLE
ACTIVE ACTOR
ACTRESS ACTUAL
ADDRESS ADMIT
ADOPT ADVANCE
ADVANTAGE ADVENTURE
AFFAIR AGENT
AMOUNT ANCIENT
APPLY ARISE
ARTICLE ASSOCIATE
ATTEMPT AVERAGE
BALL BASE
BATTLE BENEATH
BEYOND
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 short story books. The percentage refers to number
of word families. Based on the summary, as much as 38.54 of words families were found in the short strory books, which means 61.56 of words families were
„missing‟ or not found based on the words listed in NGSL.
The followings are some of the word families K-2 that were not found in the input of short story books book 1, 2, and 3. The complete word list has been put in
Appendix B. ABROAD
ABSENCE ABSENT
ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTELY
ACCIDENT ACCUSTOM
ADVERTISE AEROPLANE
AFFORD AGRICULTURE
AIM AIRPLANE
ALIKE ALTOGETHER
AMBITION ANGLE
ANNOY ANXIETY
APART APOLOGIZE
APOLOGY APPLAUD
APPLAUSE APPROVE
ARCH ARGUE
ARREST K-2 Total word families: 986
K-2 families in input: 380 38.54
K-2 families not in input: 607 61.56
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3. Negative VP of K-3 or AWL
This analysis shows all the word families =head words from the K-3 level that were not found in the input short story books. The percentage refers to number of
word families. Based on the summary, 4.39 of words families were found in the short strory books, which means 95.78 of words families were „missing‟ or not
found based on the words listed in NGSL. K-3 Total word families: 569
K-3 families in input: 25
4.39 K-3 families not in input: 545 95.78
The followings are some of the word families K-3 that were not found in the input of short story books book 1, 2, and 3. The complete word list has been put in
Appendix C.
C. Block frequency output of off-list words.
