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Substantiation and sources (CEFR, DUO objectives, NT2 research)âž
Theâ¨A1â¨wordâ¨listâ¨ofâ¨thisâ¨methodâ¨hasâ¨approximatelyâ¨1200â¨uniqueâ¨wordsâ¨andâ¨hasâ¨beenâ¨drawnâ¨upâ¨onâ¨theâ¨basisâ¨ofâ¨publicâ¨corpusâ¨dataâ¨fromâ¨Dutchâ¨andâ¨officialâ¨didacticâ¨sourcesâ¨forâ¨theâ¨Basicâ¨Civicâ¨Integrationâ¨Examinationâ¨Abroad.
Sources:
â˘â¨Corpusâ¨Spokenâ¨Dutchâ¨(CGN)â¨ââ¨Dutchâ¨Languageâ¨Unionâ¨/â¨Instituteâ¨forâ¨theâ¨Dutchâ¨Languageâ¨(IvdNT).â¨Frequencyâ¨listâ¨ofâ¨topâ¨5000â¨entriesâ¨fromâ¨spokenâ¨Dutch.
â˘â¨SoNaR-500â¨referenceâ¨corpusâ¨ââ¨500â¨millionâ¨wordsâ¨ofâ¨writtenâ¨Dutchâ¨(newspapers,â¨magazines,â¨web,â¨newsâ¨items).â¨Frequencyâ¨listâ¨topâ¨5000â¨entriesâ¨(IvdNT).
â˘â¨Generalâ¨Dutchâ¨Dictionaryâ¨Corpusâ¨(ANW)â¨ââ¨dictionaryâ¨corpusâ¨ofâ¨theâ¨IvdNT.â¨Frequencyâ¨listâ¨topâ¨5000â¨entries.
â˘â¨Naarâ¨Nederlandâ¨workbookâ¨(Boomâ¨NT2â¨editionâ¨/â¨Stichtingâ¨Inburgering)â¨ââ¨officialâ¨preparationâ¨materialâ¨recommendedâ¨byâ¨DUOâ¨forâ¨theâ¨Basicâ¨Civicâ¨Integrationâ¨Examâ¨Abroad.â¨819â¨entriesâ¨plusâ¨fixedâ¨connectionsâ¨coveringâ¨theâ¨coreâ¨communicativeâ¨themesâ¨ofâ¨theâ¨exam.
â˘â¨Languageâ¨Profilesâ¨2015â¨(SLOâ¨/â¨Dutchâ¨Languageâ¨Union)â¨ââ¨Dutchâ¨translationâ¨andâ¨operationalizationâ¨ofâ¨theâ¨Europeanâ¨Frameworkâ¨ofâ¨Referenceâ¨(CEFR).â¨Usedâ¨asâ¨aâ¨touchstoneâ¨forâ¨A1â¨relevanceâ¨viaâ¨theâ¨can-doâ¨descriptors.
Composition:
Theâ¨coreâ¨listâ¨isâ¨composedâ¨ofâ¨aâ¨corpus-drivenâ¨coreâ¨lexiconâ¨ofâ¨approximatelyâ¨600â¨entriesâ¨basedâ¨onâ¨theâ¨averageâ¨rankâ¨overâ¨CGNâ¨+â¨SoNaR-500â¨+â¨ANW.â¨Anâ¨entryâ¨mustâ¨appearâ¨inâ¨atâ¨leastâ¨twoâ¨ofâ¨theâ¨threeâ¨corporaâ¨toâ¨beâ¨eligibleâ¨ââ¨soâ¨subtitleâ¨bias,â¨newspaperâ¨bias,â¨andâ¨dictionaryâ¨biasâ¨areâ¨filteredâ¨simultaneously.â¨Aâ¨noiseâ¨filterâ¨hasâ¨beenâ¨appliedâ¨toâ¨thisâ¨coreâ¨onâ¨speechâ¨fillersâ¨(uh,â¨hm),â¨Belgian-Flemishâ¨specificâ¨wordsâ¨(brussels,â¨Flemish,â¨franc)â¨andâ¨abstractâ¨newspaperâ¨languageâ¨(minister,â¨committee,â¨level,â¨system).
Theâ¨listâ¨wasâ¨thenâ¨supplementedâ¨withâ¨integration-specificâ¨vocabularyâ¨fromâ¨theâ¨Naarâ¨Nederlandâ¨workbookâ¨(family,â¨housing,â¨health,â¨transport,â¨dailyâ¨life,â¨Dutchâ¨society).â¨Ofâ¨theâ¨NNâ¨lemmas,â¨theâ¨earlyâ¨andâ¨thematicallyâ¨A1-appropriateâ¨wordsâ¨areâ¨includedâ¨inâ¨A1;â¨complexâ¨multi-wordâ¨expressionsâ¨andâ¨wordsâ¨fromâ¨theâ¨laterâ¨NNâ¨lessonsâ¨haveâ¨beenâ¨movedâ¨toâ¨theâ¨A2â¨extensionâ¨ofâ¨thisâ¨method.
Touchstoneâ¨CEFRâ¨A1:
Theâ¨Naarâ¨Nederlandâ¨workbookâ¨isâ¨officiallyâ¨A1â¨level,â¨butâ¨fromâ¨aâ¨strictâ¨CEFRâ¨perspectiveâ¨itâ¨containsâ¨someâ¨A1+/A2â¨elementsâ¨(perfectâ¨tense,â¨abstractâ¨chunks,â¨professionalâ¨themes).â¨Inâ¨caseâ¨ofâ¨doubt,â¨theâ¨CEFRâ¨can-doâ¨descriptorâ¨fromâ¨Languageâ¨Profilesâ¨2015â¨takesâ¨precedenceâ¨overâ¨NN:â¨wordsâ¨thatâ¨occurâ¨inâ¨NNâ¨butâ¨areâ¨onlyâ¨expectedâ¨atâ¨A2â¨accordingâ¨toâ¨CEFRâ¨areâ¨markedâ¨forâ¨theâ¨A2â¨extension.
Criteria:
1.â¨Frequencyâ¨ââ¨highâ¨frequencyâ¨inâ¨bothâ¨spokenâ¨languageâ¨(CGN)â¨andâ¨writtenâ¨languageâ¨(SoNaR/ANW),â¨soâ¨thatâ¨theâ¨wordsâ¨occurâ¨inâ¨almostâ¨everyâ¨communicativeâ¨situation.
2.â¨Communicativeâ¨relevanceâ¨ââ¨inâ¨lineâ¨withâ¨theâ¨CEFRâ¨A1â¨can-doâ¨descriptorsâ¨andâ¨theâ¨officialâ¨DUOâ¨finalâ¨objectivesâ¨forâ¨theâ¨Basicâ¨Civicâ¨Integrationâ¨Examinationâ¨Abroadâ¨(introducingâ¨yourself,â¨personalâ¨details,â¨family,â¨dailyâ¨life,â¨housing,â¨health,â¨transport,â¨KNS).
3.â¨Didacticâ¨feasibilityâ¨ââ¨approximatelyâ¨20-30â¨newâ¨itemsâ¨perâ¨lesson,â¨inâ¨lineâ¨withâ¨cognitiveâ¨loadâ¨researchâ¨(Sweller).â¨Verbsâ¨areâ¨countedâ¨asâ¨oneâ¨lemmaâ¨andâ¨presentedâ¨inâ¨threeâ¨presentâ¨formsâ¨(Iâ¨/â¨you¡you¡he¡she¡itâ¨/â¨we);â¨irregularâ¨verbsâ¨(be,â¨have,â¨can,â¨want,â¨go,â¨do,â¨see,â¨stand,â¨may,â¨must,â¨will,â¨come,â¨know,â¨hit)â¨areâ¨givenâ¨allâ¨formsâ¨separately.
Conjugations,â¨pluralsâ¨andâ¨fixedâ¨compoundsâ¨(chunksâ¨suchâ¨asâ¨"howâ¨areâ¨you",â¨"goodbye")â¨areâ¨treatedâ¨asâ¨independentâ¨learningâ¨itemsâ¨whereâ¨necessary,â¨inâ¨lineâ¨withâ¨researchâ¨intoâ¨formulaicâ¨languageâ¨(Wray)â¨andâ¨didacticâ¨principlesâ¨forâ¨secondâ¨languageâ¨learners.