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

open access: yesIndonesian 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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Assessing the German vocabulary size of elementary school students in Graubünden, Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yesSchweizerische 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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Development of a Computerized-Adaptive Test to Measure English Vocabulary Size with IRT [PDF]

open access: yesIndonesian 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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Reliable Measure of Written Receptive Vocabulary Size: Using the L2 Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge as a Yardstick

open access: yesSAGE 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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Exploring the Effects of Early Extramural English Exposure on the Vocabulary Size of University Students

open access: yesEducation Sciences
Research 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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The Relationship Between Vocabulary Size and Vocabulary Depth: A Study of IELTS Test Takers in Pakistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +2 more
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Interactive and Reproducible Workflows for Exploring and Modeling RNA‐seq Data with pcaExplorer, Ideal, and GeneTonic

open access: yesCurrent Protocols, Volume 2, Issue 4, April 2022., 2022
Abstract The generation and interpretation of results from transcriptome profiling experiments via RNA sequencing (RNA‐seq) can be a complex task. While raw data quality control, alignment, and quantification can be streamlined via efficient algorithms that can deliver the preprocessed expression matrix, a common bottleneck in the analysis of such ...
Annekathrin Ludt   +4 more
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Research on the Image Description Algorithm of Double‐Layer LSTM Based on Adaptive Attention Mechanism

open access: yesMathematical Problems in Engineering, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Image text description is a multimodal data processing problem in the computer field, which involves the research tasks of computer vision and natural language processing. At present, the research focus of image text description task is mainly on the method based on deep learning. The work of this paper is mainly focused on the imprecise description of
Cifeng Qin   +3 more
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Lexize: A test to quickly assess vocabulary knowledge in Finnish

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Psychology, Volume 62, Issue 6, Page 806-819, December 2021., 2021
Proficiency in a language is strongly related to how well and how many words one knows. Vocabulary knowledge correlates with reading comprehension and general communication ability. Due to the increasing amount of research within the field of psycholinguistics and second language acquisition in Finnish, a standardized test to objectively measure ...
ROSA SALMELA   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of four studies on measuring vocabulary knowledge

open access: yesVocabulary 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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