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The Effect of Vocabulary Depth and Breadth on English Listening Comprehension Can Depend on How Comprehension Is Measured [PDF]
This study examines the relative contribution of vocabulary breadth (VB) and vocabulary depth (VD) to three different listening comprehension measures. One hundred and thirteen English majors were given VB and VD tests, and three listening comprehension ...
Yuzhi Luo +9 more
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Vocabulary Knowledge in L3 French: A Study of Swedish Learners’ Vocabulary Depth [PDF]
The overall aim of the present study is to achieve a better understanding of young instructed Swedish learners’ vocabulary knowledge in L3 French, by examining various aspects of vocabulary depth.
Christina Lindqvist
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Vocabulary depth as preliteracy skill
The aim of this study is to explore the predictive value of vocabulary breadth and depth together with the classical variables of phonological awareness, naming speed and alphabetic knowledge in explaining progress in the initial learning of reading and
Lydia García Gómez +1 more
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The Relationship Between Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Their Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge [PDF]
onsidering the appreciated role that lexis plays in learning an additional language, research studies addressing vocabulary knowledge have attracted the attention of language teachers and researchers.
Roqaye Oladini +2 more
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Revisiting the role of breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge in reading comprehension
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge in reading comprehension at Debre Markos University. A quantitative approach was taken to gather and analyze the data.
Animut Tadele Dagnaw
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The Effect of Vocabulary Size and Vocabulary Depth on Reading in EFL Context
AbstractThe aim of this study is to determine the effects of vocabulary size and vocabulary depth on reading performance in EFL context. To this end, Vocabulary Size Test by Nation and Beglar (2007), Words Associate Test by Read (1998), and a reading performance test, the reliability of which was found to be .81 were administered to 361 university ...
Şen, Yusuf, Kuleli, Mesut
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Size and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge: What the Research Shows [PDF]
When discussing vocabulary, a distinction is often made between size of vocabulary (number of known words) and depth of knowledge (how well those words are known). However, the relationship between the two constructs is still unclear. Some scholars argue that there is little real difference between the two, while regression analyses show that depth ...
Norbert Schmitt
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Background. This study compared two tests of second language (L2) depth of vocabulary knowledge, namely the word association test (WAT) and vocabulary knowledge scale (VKS), with respect to their associations with vocabulary size. The same relationships
Ali Dabbagh, Mostafa Janebi Enayat
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This study investigates the relationship between depth of academic vocabulary knowledge and academic success among Saudi English-as-a-foreign-language university students.
Morad Alsahafi
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Emotion-specific vocabulary is associated with preschoolers’ emotion knowledge and behavioral emotion regulation [PDF]
Language supports emotional development by enabling children to mentally represent conceptual emotion knowledge. Whereas previous research has linked emotion-specific vocabulary to emotion knowledge, its role in emotion regulation (ER) performance ...
Berit Streubel +3 more
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