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Breadth or Depth: The Role of Vocabulary Knowledge in Iranian EAP Students’ Reading Comprehension Performance [PDF]
Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2014 Two main features of vocabulary knowledge, namely breadth and depth, have a fundamental role in vocabulary research. This research aimed to study the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension, and to investigate which feature of
Esmail Faghih, Faezeh Nemati
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First-year university students’ receptive and productive use of academic vocabulary
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2016 The present study explores academic vocabulary knowledge, operationalised through the Academic Word List, among first-year higher education students. Both receptive and productive knowledge and the proportion between the two are examined.
Déogratias Nizonkiza
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Exploring the Relationship between Ability Grouping and Science Vocabulary Learning
Science Education International, 2019 This study investigated 8th-grade science students (13–14 years old) in advanced and traditional ability classrooms perceptions of their vocabulary knowledge, learning, and content achievement. This research acknowledges the critical role that developing
Patrick L. Brown , James P. Concannon
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Language Testing in Asia, 2021 The article presents an empirical study that investigates the single- and cross-modality relationships between different dimensions of receptive vocabulary knowledge and language skills, as well as the importance of academic vocabulary knowledge in ...
Hung Tan Ha
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A computational simulation of children's performance across three nonword repetition tests [PDF]
, 2010 The nonword repetition test has been regularly used to examine children’s vocabulary acquisition, and yet there is no clear explanation of all of the effects seen in nonword repetition.
Baddeley +34 more
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Taxonomy Induction using Hypernym Subsequences [PDF]
, 2017 We propose a novel, semi-supervised approach towards domain taxonomy induction from an input vocabulary of seed terms. Unlike all previous approaches, which typically extract direct hypernym edges for terms, our approach utilizes a novel probabilistic ...
Biemann Chris +9 more
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Frontiers in EducationIntroductionVocabulary knowledge achievement is crucial for effective language learning. However, there is a gap in vocabulary knowledge achievement, particularly at the Seto High School in Ethiopia.
Haimanot Ayana +2 more
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Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2013 The present study intended to examine the relationship between language proficiency and Iranian EFL learners' knowledge of vocabulary depth versus vocabulary breadth.
Gholam-Ali Tahmasebi +2 more
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Vocabulary in English Language Learning, Teaching, and Testing in Vietnam: A Review
Education Sciences, 2021 This review paper aims to provide an overview of vocabulary in English language learning, teaching, and testing in Vietnam. First, we review studies on the vocabulary knowledge of Vietnamese EFL learners.
Duy Van Vu, Elke Peters
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The Relationship between Depth and Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension among Iranian EFL Learners [PDF]
Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2011 The current study is an attempt to investigate the particular role learners' vocabulary knowledge plays in their reading comprehension performance. It intends to determine whether breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge are related to EFL learners ...
Saeed Mehrpour +2 more
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