A study on the influence of type of writing in L2 written vocabulary production

Abstract

 Chinese learners with the same vocabulary level produce different vocabularies in their writing, and there are also differences in the level of vocabularies produced when facing questions of different styles. Starting with style type, this paper evaluates the produced vocabulary of second language learners from four aspects: lexical diversity, lexical complexity, lexical density and lexical errors. By studying the relationship between writing style and produced vocabulary of Chinese second language learners, the produced vocabulary differences caused by stylistic differences can be concretified. The results show that the difference of topic style has a significant impact on the written vocabulary of intermediate and advanced Chinese learners. The types of applied questions are most conducive to producing more non-repetitive words, and the types of applied questions are more conducive to the output of elementary and intermediate level words and advanced words. The types of descriptive and applied questions have a significant advantage in the output of substantive words, while the types of discussion are more dominant in the output of nouns and verbs, and the types of discussion are less conducive to the output of adjectives. Narrative writing is one of the most common types of missing words.