出版社：Universidad de Granada * Departamento de Didactica de la Lengua y la Literatura
摘要：This article aims to investigate the loss of vocabulary after years of English disuse among Iranian teachers. Specifically, it strives to find the effect of period of English disuse on lexical attrition of graduated teachers, and also the cut-of point for lexical attrition in relation to years of English disuse. In addition, it tries to examine if after years of English disuse, teachers will perform better in Persian to English translation or English to Persian translation. 210 teachers participated in the study. Two translation tasks were employed for eliciting the data. The findings of the study revealed that Iranian teachers forget more than 50% of their word knowledge after 2 years and 90% of this knowledge will fade after 8 years. Also, it was found that after years of English disuse, English to Persian translation attrition was less than attrition in Persian to English translation. Some implications would be suggested for decreasing the degree of attrition among Iranian teachers.
关键词：Attrition; language disuse; L1; Iranian teachers; L2.
