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Examining vocabulary learning strategies and vocabulary size among Syrian EFL learners [PDF]

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics
Research on vocabulary learning strategies plays a crucial role in understanding how individuals acquire and expand their vocabulary knowledge. While ample evidence indicates that Arab EFL learners possess a limited vocabulary size, there is a scarcity ...
Alaa Alnan, Hasliza Abd Halim
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Strategy Use in Second Language Vocabulary Learning and Its Relationships With the Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge: A Structural Equation Modeling Study [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
This study investigated Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners’ use of vocabulary learning strategies (VLSs) and its relationship with vocabulary knowledge (VK), especially in relation to proficiency, gender, and discipline.
Na Fan
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Assessing the German vocabulary size of elementary school students in Graubünden, Switzerland [PDF]

Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften
Vocabulary size correlates strongly with general language proficiency and is highly predictive of academic skills. Frequency-based vocabulary tests, such as the German VST (‚Vocabulary Size Test‘; Institut für Testforschung und Testentwicklung, 2019 ...
Dominique Caglia, Erwin Tschirner
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La competencia léxica en inglés de estudiantes universitarios en México [PDF]

Revista Lengua y Cultura, 2022
El presente estudio se centra en investigar una dimensión de la competencia léxica: el tamaño del vocabulario receptivo en inglés de 345 estudiantes universitarios en México.
Alfredo Marin-Marin, María Isabel Hernández-Romero   +1 more
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Development of a Computerized-Adaptive Test to Measure English Vocabulary Size with IRT [PDF]

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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The Relationship Between Vocabulary Size and Vocabulary Depth: A Study of IELTS Test Takers in Pakistan [PDF]

, 2022
This study investigated the relationship between the vocabulary size and the vocabulary depth of Pakistan\u27s undergraduate college and university IELTS test-takers. It follows the correlation study.
Aman, Shumaila, Shakir, Aleem, Tazeen, Hafsa   +2 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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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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Rater judgments and word difficulty: Conceptualizing the substantive validity of the VST

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2022
The substantive component of construct validity requires a confrontation between empirical test results and content relevance. The Vocabulary Size Test (VST) has been extensively validated in terms of empirical results.
Derek N. Canning, Stuart McLean, Joseph P. Vitta   +2 more
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A review of four studies on measuring vocabulary knowledge

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to review each of the following four vocabulary studies: (1) Estimations of Japanese University Learners’ English Vocabulary Sizes Using the Vocabulary Size Test (VST), by Stuart McLean, Nicholas Hogg, and Brandon Kramer, (2)
Akiyo Hirai
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