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Language StudiesSecond Language StudiesTeachingLanguage EducationSecond Language EducationSecond Language TeachingLanguage LearningSecond Language AcquisitionVocabulary AcquisitionVocabulary InstructionVocabulary KnowledgeWord KnowledgeL2 Vocabulary AcquisitionL2 Vocabulary DevelopmentSecond Language Vocabulary DevelopmentVocabulary Depth KnowledgeVocabulary Learning Through Speaking
The author reports that two groups of teachers, one from Hong Kong and the other from Beijing, are compared, focusing on their English vocabulary knowledge based on five tests. The findings indicate that many Hong Kong teachers are inferior in knowing the lexical meaning of the text, but then they perform better in sentence production task.