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Vocabulary size revisited: the link between vocabulary size and academic achievement [PDF]
Applied Linguistics Review, 2013 Many researchers have tried to assess the number of words adults know. A general conclusion which emerges from such studies is that vocabularies of English monolingual adults are very large with considerable variation.
James Milton, Jeanine Treffers-Daller
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On vocabulary size of grammar-based codes [PDF]
2007 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2007 We discuss inequalities holding between the vocabulary size, i.e., the number of distinct nonterminal symbols in a grammar-based compression for a string, and the excess length of the respective universal code, i.e., the code-based analog of algorithmic ...
Debowski, Lukasz
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The Correlation between Internet Literacy and Passive Vocabulary Size [PDF]
Lingua Cultura, 2018 This research aimed at describing the correlation between students’ internet literacy and their passive vocabulary size. The findings of this research were expected to predict how much the two variables correlate.
Riza Weganofa, Rizky Lutviana
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Estimations of Japanese university learners' English vocabulary sizes using the vocabulary size test
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2014 Measuring students’ lexica is time-consuming, as one sitting of the Vocabulary Size Test (VST) usually takes 4060 minutes. As a result, teachers would benefit from being able to make reasonable estimates from commonly available information.
Stuart McLean +2 more
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The Effect of Vocabulary Size and Vocabulary Depth on Reading in EFL Context
Procedia, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015 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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A new measure for Thai students’ vocabulary size: the English-Thai version of vocabulary size test
Journal of English Studies, 2016 The main objective was to explore the reliability and validity of the bilingual English-Thai version of the vocabulary size test adapted based on Nation and Beglar (2007).
Supika Nirattisai +1 more
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Structural Equation Modeling of Vocabulary Size and Depth Using Conventional and Bayesian Methods
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 In classifications of vocabulary knowledge, vocabulary size and depth have often been separately conceptualized (Schmitt, 2014). Although size and depth are known to be substantially correlated, it is not clear whether they are a single construct or two ...
Rie Koizumi, Yo In’nami
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A Cross-Sectional Study on Vocabulary Size Among Different Levels of the University Students [PDF]
ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2018 The objectives of this research were to know students’ vocabulary size; and to know whether there was significant difference of vocabulary size among the students of different levels of English Education Department Faculty of Teacher Training and ...
Annisa Shofa Tsuraya +1 more
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SAGE Open, 2018 This study investigates the correlations between the three measures of written receptive vocabulary size and second language (L2) depth of vocabulary knowledge to find the most reliable test of vocabulary size. Moreover, the corresponding relationship is
Mostafa Janebi Enayat +3 more
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The Power of Aural and Picture Vocabulary Size Test in Predicting Iranian EFL Learners’ Viewing Comprehension [PDF]
Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice, 2022 The aim of this investigation has been to predict Viewing Comprehension through Aural and Picture Vocabulary Size among Iranian EFL Learners. To this end, 110 intermediate students were selected from two institutes of a city in Khorasan Razavi province ...
Seyed Mohammadreza Amirian +2 more
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