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Assessing Second Language Vocabulary Knowledge: Depth Versus Breadth

The Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Most research on the acquisition of second language vocabulary has depended on estimates of vocabulary size, or 'breadth' measures, rather than on estimates of 'depth' defined either in terms of kinds of knowledge of specific words or in terms of degrees of such knowledge.
Marjorie Wesche, T. Sima Paribakht
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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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The Effects of Vocabulary Breadth and Depth on Reading Comprehension in Middle Childhood: The Mediator Role of Listening Comprehension

, 2020
This study investigated whether listening comprehension played a mediator role between vocabulary and reading comprehension. 127 Mandarin-speaking children were longitudinally assessed at 6;4, 6;10, 7;4, and 7;10. Data were collected in four batteries of
Liping Li, Danli Zhu, Xinchun Wu
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ProVoc: An app to train vocabulary depth in order to foster children's reading comprehension

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Anna Potocki   +3 more
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Vocabulary Depth Task

PsycTESTS Dataset, 2021
M. D. Alonso-Cortés-Fradejas   +2 more
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BUILDING VOCABULARY DEPTH AND BREADTH THROUGH CONTEXTUAL LEARNING

This article examines strategies for developing both the depth and breadth of students’ vocabulary through contextual learning. It explores techniques that emphasize meaningful engagement with words in authentic contexts, including reading comprehension, thematic lessons, semantic mapping, and collaborative discussions.
Perdenova, Uljalg'as, Turopova, Firuza
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Validating a Test to Measure Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge

2013
This study is a contribution to the ongoing validation of the word associates format, a selected-response type of test item devised by the author to measure depth of vocabulary knowledge (i.e., the extent to which learners are familiar with the range of meaning and uses of a set of target words).
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