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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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LextPT: A reliable and efficient vocabulary size test for L2 Portuguese proficiency [PDF]

Behavior Research Methods, 2021
Vocabulary size has been repeatedly shown to be a good indicator of second language (L2) proficiency. Among the many existing vocabulary tests, the LexTALE test and its equivalents are growing in popularity since they provide a rapid (within 5 minutes) and objective way to assess the L2 proficiency of several languages (English, French, Spanish ...
Chao Zhou, Xinyi Li
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The Relationship between Vocabulary Size and Depth for Iranian EFL Learners at Different Language Proficiency Levels [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2020
The present study investigated the association between vocabulary size and depth of Iranian EFL learners at different language proficiency levels. Additionally, the extent that this relationship could be different for lowand high-word-frequency bands ...
Mostafa Janebi Enayat, Seyed Mohammad Reza Amirian   +1 more
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Comparing Two Measures of L2 Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge Using their Relationship with Vocabulary Size

Journal of Language and Education, 2022
Background. This study compared two tests of second language (L2) depth of vocabulary knowledge, namely the word association test (WAT) and vocabulary knowledge scale (VKS), with respect to their associations with vocabulary size. The same relationships
Ali Dabbagh, Mostafa Janebi Enayat
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Vocabulary knowledge in relation to memory and analysis: An approximate replication of Milton's (2007) study on lexical profiles and learning style [PDF]

, 2013
This paper presents an approximate replication of Milton’s (2007) study on lexical profiles and learning style. Milton investigated the assumption that more frequent words are acquired before less frequent ones. Using a vocabulary recognition test (X-Lex)
Carroll, Hindmarsh, Kinnear, Mackey, Meara, Meara, Meara, Meara, Milton, Nation, Nation, Palmer, Paul Booth, Sjöholm, Skehan, Skehan   +15 more
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How many words do we know?Practical estimates of vocabulary size dependent on word definition, the degree of language input and the participant’s age

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
Based on an analysis of the literature and a large scale crowdsourcing experiment, we estimate that an average 20 year old native speaker of American English knows 42,000 lemmas and 4,200 non-transparent multiword expressions, derived from 11,100 word ...
Marc Brysbaert, Michaël Stevens, Paweł Mandera, Emmanuel Keuleers   +3 more
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Assessing the relationship between Vocabulary Level Test (VLT) and reading comprehension

Studies in English Language and Education, 2017
It has been considered crucial about how vocabulary knowledge in relation with reading comprehension. This research was conducted to explore the link of Indonesian students Vocabulary Level Test (VLT) performance and their reading textbook on reading ...
Alpino Susanto
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Academic literacy of South African higher education level students: Does vocabulary size matter?

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2015
This study explores the extent to which vocabulary size matters in academic literacy. Participants (first-year students at North-West University) were administered the Vocabulary Levels Test (Schmitt, Schmitt and Clapham 2001).
Déogratias Nizonkiza, Tobie van Dyk
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Development of a Computerized-Adaptive Test to Measure English Vocabulary Size with IRT

Indonesian Journal on Learning and Advanced Education (IJOLAE), 2023
To speak English fluently like a native speaker, having a vocabulary of 20,000 words are required. In many universities in Indonesia, Vocabulary Size Test (VST) is still held with Paper-Based Test (PBT), so it is less effective and efficient. The aims of
Andhita Dessy Wulansari, Dhinuk Puspita Kirana, Restu Mufanti   +2 more
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Languages cool as they expand: Allometric scaling and the decreasing need for new words [PDF]

, 2012
We analyze the occurrence frequencies of over 15 million words recorded in millions of books published during the past two centuries in seven different languages. For all languages and chronological subsets of the data we confirm that two scaling regimes
A Clauset, A Gnedin, A Vespignani, AA Tsonis, AL Barabási, AM Petersen, B Mandelbrot, B Podobnik, B Podobnik, D Fu, D Helbing, D Lazer, DC van Leijenhorst, E Alvarez-Lacalle, EA Altmann, EG Altmann, EG Altmann, GB West, GW Oehlert, HA Makse, HAJrJSA Makse, HD Rozenfeld, HD Rozenfeld, J Gao, J-B Michel, JA Evans, L Lü, LAN Amaral, LAN Amaral, LMA Bettencourt, M Batty, M Kleiber, M Markosova, M Riccaboni, M Sigman, M Steyvers, MA Montemurro, MEJ Newman, MHR Stanley, MÁ Serrano, R Ferrer i Cancho, R Ferrer i Cancho, R Ferrer i Cancho, RN Mantegna, S Bernhardsson, S Bernhardsson, S Karlin, SK Baek, X Gabaix   +48 more
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