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Testing Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge and Their Relationship with Vocabulary Size of EFL Students [PDF]

JET (Journal of English Teaching), 2021
Abstract   Testing the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge is needed to see its effect on the vocabulary size of EFL students. The study aims to know at the relationship between the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge and the vocabulary size of EFL students.
null Ismi Narulita Firda, null Intan Azkiyah, null Albiansyah   +2 more
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The effect of lexical inference strategy instruction on Iranian EFL learners’ vocabulary depth and breadth

Cogent Education, 2019
The current study was an attempt to investigate the possible effects of lexical inference strategy training on Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners’ vocabulary depth and breadth.
Zahra Hassanzadeh, Nasrin Hadidi Tamjid, Saeideh Ahangari   +2 more
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Success in learning similar-sounding words predicts vocabulary depth above and beyond vocabulary breadth [PDF]

Journal of Child Language, 2018
AbstractIn lexical development, the specificity of phonological representations is important. The ability to build phonologically specific lexical representations predicts the number of words a child knows (vocabulary breadth), but it is not clear if it also fosters how well words are known (vocabulary depth).
van Goch, M.M., Verhoeven, Ludo, McQueen, James   +2 more
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Beyond breadth of vocabulary: Vocabulary depth can also be impacted by school’s socioeconomic status

Journal of Child Language
Abstract This study investigates the impact of socio-economic status (SES) on children’s vocabulary, focusing on the distinction between vocabulary breadth (number of words known) and vocabulary depth (quality of word knowledge). It aims to determine whether SES affects both dimensions equally and whether the relationship between SES ...
Vargas Cuevas, Junior, Facon, Bruno, Javourey-Drevet, Ludivine, Casalis, Séverine   +3 more
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Exploring the role of vocabulary depth and semantic set in EFL learners’ vocabulary use in writing [PDF]

Teaching English Language, 2010
The role of depth of vocabulary knowledge in EFL writing performance has remained an under-researched issue. The present study was designed to investigate the role of depth of vocabulary knowledge and semantic set in making appropriate word choices in ...
Mahmood Reza Atai, Ali Dabbagh
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Consciousness raising in foreign language vocabulary learning and reading [PDF]

, 1998
This study on consciousness raising in foreign language vocabulary learning and reading took place in a reading comprehension course for university students in Finland. The aim was to find out what kind of changes in vocabulary and reading strategies and
Lehtonen, T.H., Lehtonen, Tuula Hannele
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The role of motivation and vocabulary learning strategies in L2 vocabulary knowledge: A structural equation modeling analysis

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
This study explores the complex relationships between language learning motivation, vocabulary learning strategies, and two components of second language vocabulary knowledge (i.e., vocabulary size and depth), within the framework of self-regulated ...
Jang Ho Lee , Joung Joo Ahn , Hansol Lee   +2 more
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia: A Guideline for Vocabulary Instruction

Acitya, 2022
This article aims to provide some guidelines for teachers on how to conduct vocabulary instruction in their class because one of the main issues faced by Indonesian students recently is the lack of vocabulary knowledge that affects their English ...
Sudarman Sudarman, Sunarti Sunarti, Elsa Widya Hapsari   +2 more
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Relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension of South African EFAL high school learners

Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2022
This paper is based on a study that used a quantitative method research design to investigate the impact of English academic vocabulary on the reading comprehension ability of Grade 11 English First Additional Language (EFAL) learners in the Fezile Dabi ...
Kufakunesu Zano, Nkidi Caroline Phatudi
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Breadth and Depth-Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension in an English First Additional Language Context

Journal of Languages and Language Teaching, 2022
Most research has been concerned predominantly with vocabulary breadth in comparison with vocabulary depth. This study aims to bridge this gap by answering the following question: How do scores on vocabulary size, depth of vocabulary knowledge and ...
Kufakunesu Zano
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