A New General Service List: The better mousetrap we’ve been looking for?

Charles Browne - This brief paper introduces the New General Service List (NGSL), a major update of Michael West's 1953…

Analysing the effectiveness of textbooks for vocabulary retention

Rachael Ruegg, Cherie Brown - Although many language educators are aware of factors necessary for vocabulary acquisition and retention, in…

Effects of Glosses and Reviewing of Glossed Words on L2 Vocabulary Learning through Reading

Makoto Yoshii - This study is an attempt to integrate incidental and intentional vocabulary learning in a reading activity without…

Effects of Instruction on Yes-No Responses to L2 Collocations

Junko Yamashita - The lexical decision task (LDT), in which a participant makes dichotomous judgments on target letter strings, is…

Vocabulary in a Second Language: Selection, Acquisition, and Testing: A Commentary on Four Studies for JALT Vocabulary SIG

Batia Laufer - Four papers by Charles Browne, Rachael Ruegg & Cherie Brown, Makoto Yoshii and Junko Yamashita were presented…

Estimations of Japanese University Learners’ English Vocabulary Sizes Using the Vocabulary Size Test

Stuart McLean, Nicholas Hogg, Brandon Kramer - Measuring students' lexica is time-consuming, as one sitting of the Vocabulary Size Test…

Local Item Dependence on the Vocabulary Levels Test Revisited

Tadamitsu Kamimoto - The purpose of this study was to address the question of local item dependence (LID) on the…

Test Taking and DK Use on the Vocabulary Size Test

Dawn Lucovich - This study continued an investigation of test strategy and usage of an ''I don't know'' (DK) option…

Estimating Learners’ Vocabulary Size under Item Response Theory

Aaron Gibson, Jeffrey Stewart - Perhaps the most qualitatively interpretable vocabulary test score is an estimate of the total number…

A Review of Four Studies on Measuring Vocabulary Knowledge

Akiyo Hirai - The purpose of this paper is to review each of the following four vocabulary studies: (1) Estimations…

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