Study urges wider vocabulary use in English textbooks

By Rachel Lin and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Dutch elementary-school textbooks for English-language courses contain substantially more vocabulary and introduce more advanced words earlier than their Taiwanese counterparts, researchers said on Monday, citing a study that recommends expanding the range of vocabulary taught in Taiwanese classrooms.The study, conducted by the National Academy for Educational Research, compared elementary-school English textbooks used in Taiwan and the Netherlands, where English proficiency consistently ranks among the highest in the world.Academy associate researcher Chou Yi-ming (周一銘) said that the research team looked at elementary-school English textbooks from both countries and analyzed vocabulary di