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Loanword proportion in vocabulary size tests

ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
Abstract We investigated the effect of English-Hebrew loanwords on English vocabulary test scores when the number of loanwords in the test is random and when it is representative of their proportion in the vocabulary lists from which the test items were taken.
Batia Laufer, Tami Levitzky-Aviad
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Vocabulary size prediction of Croatian texts

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 2004
The preliminary research of the vocabulary size of the Croatian lexical corpora shows that the distribution of types is regular and that deviations of the calculated values are within theoretically acceptable limit. The research also brought us to conclusion that Zipf's Law in Croatian language is not applicable because the lexical density is different,
Boras, Damir   +2 more
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Estimating second language productive vocabulary size

The Mental Lexicon, 2014
This study provides validity evidence for the Capture-Recapture (CR) method, borrowed from ecology, as a measure of second language (L2) productive vocabulary size (PVS). Two separate “captures” of productive vocabulary were taken using written word association tasks (WAT).
Williams, Joy   +2 more
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Measuring Recognition Vocabulary Size

2017
This chapter describes two approaches to measuring recognition vocabulary size, the Vocabulary Levels Test/Vocabulary Size Test approach and the Yes/No Test approach. The respective test formats and their uses are described. The formats are then compared as potential measures of lexical facility.
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Phonological vocabulary size, orthographic vocabulary size, and EFL reading ability among native Arabic speakers

2016
Low vocabulary size and poor reading skills among native Arabic speakers learning EFL is a feature of the literature on second language acquisition (e.g., Alsaif 2011). Milton and Riordan (2006) suggest that the structure of the lexicon itself among these learners may be a contributory factor to their poor reading skills.
Alhazmi, Khaled, Milton, James
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Polish Vocabulary Size Test (PVST)

The project is dedicated to the novel Polish Vocabulary Size Test development based on Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) and Item Response Testing (IRT).
Płużyczka, Monika   +2 more
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Vocabulary Learning Strategies, Reading Habits and Vocabulary Size Test [PDF]

open access: possible, 2013
This paper discusses two important parts of language learning, the vocabulary acquisition and the reading skill, where the focus is on vocabulary learning strategies. One part also discusses the vocabulary size tests, the purpose and use of measuring that specific knowledge, what types of tests help observe vocabulary development, their purpose in ...
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