An English Cover Letter Essential Wordlist for Second Language Learners

  • Hirata M
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Abstract

Writing a cover letter is an essential part of the job application process. To find ways to improve second language learners’ cover letter writing ability, this author examined cover letters to create a list of words that are essential for writing English cover letters. A Cover Letter Essential Word List (CLEWL) of 347 words was created from a corpus of 400 cover letters. The CLEWL was analyzed in terms of its make-up, lexical coverage, and lexical frequency profile. This study presents those findings, as well as suggestions for teaching words from the CLEWL. カバーレターを書くことは就職活動に不可欠な部分である。本論では第2言語学習者のカバーレター作成能力を向上させる方法を見つけるために、英語のカバーレターの文例を調査し、カバーレターを書く上で不可欠な単語リストを作成した。400枚のカバーレターのコーパスから、カバーレターの必須単語リスト(CLEWL)347語を作成し、それを構成、語彙の範囲、および語彙頻度プロファイルの観点から分析した。 本論ではその調査結果について述べ、CLEWLの単語を教える方法を提案する。

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Hirata, M. (2019). An English Cover Letter Essential Wordlist for Second Language Learners. The Language Teacher, 43(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.37546/jalttlt43.1-2

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