Category: Volume 3 Number 2 (2014)
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction
Volume 3 Number 2 (2014)
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Batia Laufer - Four papers by Charles Browne, Rachael Ruegg & Cherie Brown, Makoto Yoshii and Junko Yamashita were presented…
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…
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…
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…
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…