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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.
Milton, James, Treffers-Daller, Jeanine
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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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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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Exploring differences in vocabulary knowledge of semi-urban ESL undergraduate students
Calidoscópio, 2018 This study explored the differences in receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge in terms of word frequency level and vocabulary size in undergraduate learners of English as a Second Language (ESL).
Doddapaneni Anil Kumar +1 more
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Vocabulary Size of University of Aden English Language Students
REiLA, 2021 This research paper tried to evaluate the department of English students' vocabulary size by using Nation Vocabulary size tests (VST). The study used a sample of the third level students at the department of English-Faculty of Education-Aden at the ...
Abdulnaser Mohammed Ali Naqeeb
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A vocabulary-size test of controlled productive ability [PDF]
Language Testing, 1999 It is important in the design of the vocabulary component of a teaching program that teachers are able to discover the state of their learners' vocabulary knowledge. It is also important that researchers can draw on a variety of vocabulary measures to investigate the nature of vocabulary growth.
Batia Laufer, Paul Nation
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Longitudinal measurement of growth in vocabulary size using Rasch-based test equating
Language Testing in Asia, 2022 The purpose of this study is to equate and further validate three forms of the vocabulary size test (VST) created by Aizawa and Mochizuki (2010). These three forms, VST 1, 2, and 3, were administered to a cohort of 189 high school students ranging in age
Masaki Akase
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Journal of Language and Education, 2021 Vocabulary size is believed to have positive correlations with learners’ language skills, reading comprehension, knowledge acquisition, and academic achievement.
Frankie Subon, Norseha Unin
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