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The relationship between vocabulary depth knowledge, word reading, and reading comprehension in Chinese

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Although vocabulary depth (VD) is recognized as a crucial factor in reading comprehension, the investigation of its role in reading comprehension remains insufficient. This study aimed to address two significant research gaps in this domain. First, empirical evidence is needed to explore the construct of VD knowledge, particularly within the Chinese ...
Xian Liao
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Measuring depth of academic vocabulary knowledge

Language Teaching Research, 2022
In second language (L2) vocabulary studies there is continuing interest in tests of depth of vocabulary knowledge, measuring various aspects of word knowledge other than just the form–meaning link that is the focus of breadth (or size) tests. This study aimed to explore new formats that could be used as diagnostic tools for assessing depth of academic ...
John Read, Thi Ngoc Yen Dang
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Longitudinal Developments in the Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge

2016
Brigitta Dóczi, Judit Kormos
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Depth and Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge in SLA

Zhouhan Jin, Stuart Webb
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Conceptualization of Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge with Academic Reading Comprehension

PASAA, 2016
PASAA : a journal of language teaching and learning, 51,
Hasan, Md Kamrul, Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi
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Measuring Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge

2019
Depth of vocabulary knowledge is typically defined as how well a word is known. Thus, measuring depth of vocabulary knowledge should tell us how well test takers know words. The importance of knowing vocabulary deeply is based mainly on two ideas: (1) L2 learners have to know different aspects of word knowledge in order to fulfill communicative tasks ...
Akifumi Yanagisawa, Stuart Webb
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Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading

Academic Therapy, 1989
The most effective vocabulary instruction approaches are those that involve semantic elaboration and semantic fit; some examples are included in this article.
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Examining the Acquisition of Vocabulary Knowledge Depth Among Preschool Students

Reading Research Quarterly, 2015
Well-developed lexical representations are important for reading comprehension, but there have been no prior attempts to track growth in the depth of knowledge of particular words. This article examines increases in depth of vocabulary knowledge in 4–5-year-old preschool students (n = 240) who participated in a vocabulary intervention that taught words
Elizabeth B. Hadley, David K. Dickinson, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kimberly T. Nesbitt   +4 more
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Evaluation of an in-depth vocabulary knowledge measure for assessing reading performance

Language Testing, 2004
The central purpose of this study was to empirically evaluate an in-depth vocabulary knowledge measure in the context of developing the new TOEFL test. The study was carried out with a sample of 207 international students attending an intensive English as a second language (ESL) program in a major Canadian university, in order to determine whether ...
David D. Qian, Mary Schedl
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Vocabulary acquisition: acquiring depth of knowledge through network building

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2000
Lexical progression involves a process of network building whereby learners acquire depth of lexical knowledge. This includes the knowledge of a word's different sense relations, paradigmatic as well as syntagmatic, to other words. The focus of this article is a longitudinal study of young foreign language learners’acquisition of English adjectives.
Henriksen, Birgit, Haastrup, Kirsten
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