Examining the Validity and Reliability of the ITT Vocabulary Size Tests [PDF]
, 2021 The Institute for Test Research and Test Development (ITT) has provided complimentary Vocabulary Size Tests (VST) in 15 languages to language learners and their teachers, measuring their own or their learners’ receptive and productive vocabulary sizes ...
Tschirner, Erwin
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Use of network data analysis to improve algorithm of computerized adaptive tests
مجله علوم روانشناختی, 2021 Background: Network methodology makes it possible to study several goals at the same time and has capabilities leads to providing appropriate analytical tools.
nadia soltani +3 more
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Why has (reasonably accurate) Automatic Speech Recognition been so hard to achieve? [PDF]
, 2009 Hidden Markov models (HMMs) have been successfully applied to automatic speech recognition for more than 35 years in spite of the fact that a key HMM assumption -- the statistical independence of frames -- is obviously violated by speech data.
Gillick, Larry, Wegmann, Steven
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Investigating EFL Syrian undergraduates' vocabulary size [PDF]
, 2017 Vocabulary knowledge is an important aspect of learning English as a second/foreign language (ESL/ EFL). Previous research has given much attention to ESL/EFL learners’ knowledge of vocabulary by measuring their vocabulary size.
Daaboul, Maisaa Moustafa +1 more
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The aging investor: Insights from neuroeconomics [PDF]
, 2012 Individuals in most industrialized countries have to make investment decisions throughout their adult life span to save for their retirement. These decisions substantially affect their living standards in old age.
Heekeren, Hauke R., Mohr, Peter N. C.
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Revue des Sciences Humaines, 2017 Learning an adequate knowledge of words is a prerequisite for linguistic mastery. The present study was basically carried out to quantitatively evaluate EFL Master One students’ lexical knowledge.
Yahia ALMI
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Investigating Non-English Specialization First Year University Students’ English Vocabulary Sizes Using Vocabulary Size Test [PDF]
, 2020 Vocabulary is an important element of language proficiency, and acquisition of an extensive vocabulary should be a goal for every language learner (Nation, 2008).
Khaing Me Me Lwin, Thet Zin
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“That’s not evolving, that’s devolving!”:incidental vocabulary learning through watching TikTok videos [PDF]
, 2023 . The term “digital natives” was coined in 2001 (Prensky) to illustrate a common narrative that modern teenagers are acclimatised to digital environments. In recent years, the debate has focused on social media.
Aho, P. (Petra)
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Relative complexity in a model of word difficulty: The role of loanwords in vocabulary size tests
Studies in Second Language Learning and TeachingRecent studies have shown that the frequency effect, although long used as a guide to word difficulty, fails to explain all variance in learner word knowledge.
Derek Canning +2 more
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Is Intuition Enough When Choosing Vocabulary? [PDF]
, 2010 This paper outlines an analytical study whose purpose is to examine and critique the appropriateness of lexical choice in current mass market language textbooks for Japanese students.
James Martin Rogers
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