New Directions in L2 Lexical Development Shigenori Tanaka Keio University doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7820/vli.v01.1.tanaka Download this article (pdf) Abstract Lexical competence can be defined as one’s ability to use words differentially and fully. In this paper I shall first present my views concerning lexical development in order to comment on each of the following four articles: Lexical …