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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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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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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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Education SciencesResearch has shown that current informal extramural (out-of-class) activities can be an important predictor of second language (L2) vocabulary knowledge, but less is known about the relationship between language proficiency and activities earlier in life,
Nicole Louise Busby
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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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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 +2 more
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La competencia léxica en inglés de estudiantes universitarios en México
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 +1 more
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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 +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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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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