Assignment 3-1
NA3C0015
Amy 謝綠妮
1_gsl_1st_1000.txt
2_gsl_2nd_1000.txt
3_awl_570.txt
5.2
1.7
3.5
0.5
5.2
0.8
A Christmas carol
81.4
83.9
84.3
81.5
7.7
0.9
November Christmas
79.3
5.8
14.2
The devil wears prada
The entitled
Beyond the blackboard
Analysis:
The token coverage of level 1 word of the five films reaches 80%. It means that
students can easily understand the movies if they learn level 1 word.
Groups Found In Base List 1
File name: 1_gsl_1st_1000.txt
Group
Range
Frequency
girl
5
61
home
5
61
father
5
52
man
5
43
mother
5
39
people
5
38
boy
5
37
Analysis:
I chose seven words which are about family member, and their frequencies are more
than 35%. It means that students are sure to get familiar with the seven words after
they finish watching the five films.
Assignment 3-2
Amy 謝綠妮
NA3C0015
NAWL_Headwords.txt
NGSL-Headwords-Only-mvxw.txt
The devil wears prada
0.4
The entitled
0.1
Beyond the blackboard
0.5
A Christmas carol
0.5
November Christmas
0.4
70.5
69.0
710
72.8
60.5
Analysis:
The token coverage of NGSL-Headwords of the five films reaches 60%. However, the
token coverage of NAWL-Headwords of the five is less than 1%. It means that people
who want to do academic writing won’t get much from the five movies.
Groups Found In Base List 2
File name: NGSL-Headwords-Only-mvxw.txt
Group
Range
Frequency
people
5
38
girl
5
36
man
5
33
dad
5
31
family
5
25
Analysis:
I chose five content words that are about family member, and their frequencies are
more than 25%. It means that students are sure to get familiar with the five words
after they finish watching the five films.
Assignment 3-3
NA3C0015
Amy 謝綠妮
1_gsl_1st_1000.txt
2_gsl_2nd_1000.txt
3_awl_570.txt
The devil wears prada
81.4
5.2
The entitled
83.9
3.5
Beyond the blackboard
84.3
5.2
A Christmas carol
81.5
7.7
November Christmas
79.3
5.8
1.7
0.5
0.8
0.9
14.2
The devil wears prada
The entitled
Beyond the blackboard
A Christmas carol
November Christmas
NAWL_Headwords.txt
NGSL-Headwords-Only-mvxw.txt
0.4
0.1
0.5
0.5
0.4
70.5
69.0
710
72.8
60.5
Analysis:
The token coverage of NAWL_Headwords.txt is less than awl_570.txt. It means that
NAWL-Headwords become more professional.
Assignment 3-4
NA3C0015
Amy 謝綠妮
In the assignment, I chose five videos about special education to be my text.
As for the word list, I chose TBEWL 2000.
The reason I chose those five movies:
1. I’ve seen the movies.
2. The five movies are all about special education, so the speed of the speaking is
slower than other movies and the vocabulary should be easier. I think it’s also
easier for students to understand.
3. There are more and more students who need special education, we can let students
learn English and learn more knowledge about special education at the same time.
Title of the movies
I’m Sam.
Chinese translation
Main point
他不笨，他是我爸爸 Mental retardation
Front of the class
叫我第一名
Tourette Syndrome
Temple Grandin
星星的孩子
Autism
Forrest Gump
阿甘正傳
Mental retardation
Rain man
雨人
Autism
Token coverage
75.9
75.7
76.5
73.6
72.8
Analysis: As we can see from the table above, all of the token coverages are more
than 70%. As a result, I think the five movies are suitable for junior high students.
Groups Found In Base List 1
File name: TBEWL 2000.txt
Group
Range
Frequency
man
5
102
people
5
98
father
4
53
dad
4
51
mother
4
37
friend
5
30
family
5
24
girl
5
20
person
4
16
husband
4
12
Analysis: I chose several content words that are about family and people. As we can
see from the table, I think that students will be familiar with the words after they
finish watching the five films.