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Test taking and DK use on the vocabulary size test
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2014 This study continued an investigation of test strategy and usage of an ”I don’t know” (DK) option on the 20,000-word family, 100-item Vocabulary Size Test (VST, Nation & Beglar, 2007).
Dawn Lucovich
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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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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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Low-confidence responses on the vocabulary size test
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2015 McDonald and Asaba (Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2015) reported an administration of the Vocabulary Size Test that was modified to include ”I don’t know” as a fifth response option on all items, and in which participants later responded to the ...
T.P Hutchinson
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The Development and Validation of a Lemma-Based Yes/No Vocabulary Size Test
SAGE Open, 2022 Vocabulary size measures serve important functions, not only with respect to placing learners at appropriate levels on language courses but also with a view to examining the progress of learners.
Ahmed Masrai
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Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2021 As vocabulary plays an important part in L2 learning at the beginner level, investigation into vocabulary learning constitutes an essential part of second language acquisition research (Koda, 1989, Laufer, 1992, Meara, 1992).
Tsuyoshi Sato
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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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Validation of the Vocabulary Size Test
Eğitimde ve Psikolojide Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Dergisi, 2022 The Vocabulary Size Test (VST) is one of the most commonly used assessment tools for measuring English vocabulary size in the field of language testing. Despite its common usage, only a limited number of validity and reliability studies have been carried out with regard to the VST. Besides, they were mostly predicated on the Rasch model.
Mustafa GÖKCAN, Derya ÇOBANOĞLU AKTAN
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