A Comparative Analysis of Level 1 of the ICCLE and Learners' Basic Mental Lexicon

摘要

This study makes a comparison between the level 1 word list of the ICCLE issued by Hanban and the learners' Basic Mental Lexicon (BML). The results show that 80 words in the ICCLE are verified, meaning they are also found in the BML, accounting for 53.3% of the 150 words. In terms of parts of speech, nouns have the biggest difference with 30.36%, while verbs, adverbs and phrases have the smallest difference at 3.57%. Classifiers, interjections, and auxiliaries are not found in the BML. In regard to the topics, the degree of attention and emphases in the two lists differ. The ICCLE emphasizes the function words in achieving grammar integrity, whereas students focus on learning words related to their daily life. Finally, the results are discussed and corresponding suggestions are put forward to guide the practice of the international teaching of Chinese.