Category: Volume 4 Number 1 (2015)
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction
Volume 4 Number 1 (2015)
“I Don’t Know” Use and Guessing on the Bilingual Japanese Vocabulary Size Test: A Preliminary Report
Kurtis McDonald, Mayumi Asaba - This preliminary report outlines an investigation into ''I don't know'' use and guessing on the…
An empirical examination of the effect of guessing on vocabulary size test scores
Stuart McLean, Brandon Kramer, Jeffrey Stewart - The Vocabulary Size Test (VST) was created to provide a reliable estimate of…
Second Language Vocabulary Assessment Studies: Validity Evidence and Future Directions
Rie Koizumi - In this study, I review four papers by Stoeckel and Bennett, Shin, McDonald and Asaba, and McLean,…
Anna C-S. Chang - This study investigated whether different text levels would affect L2 learners' vocabulary learning rates and further…
Tatsuya Nakata - Although the effects of retrieval-based learning may be affected by factors such as relative spacing, absolute spacing,…
Mastery Sentences: A Window into the Interplay between Word Knowledge Types
Andrew Gallacher - This study investigates students' productive knowledge of high-frequency vocabulary using a word knowledge framework.
Researching Vocabulary in the EFL Context: A Commentary on Four Studies for JALT Vocabulary SIG
Stuart Webb - Four papers by Anna C-S. Chang, Yuko Hoshino, Tatsuya Nakata, and Andrew Gallacher were presented in the…
Psychometric properties of word association test with regard to adolescent EFL learners
Hye Won Shin - This study reports on the psychometric evaluation of a second language vocabulary test.
A Test of the New General Service List
Tim Stoeckel, Phillip Bennett - This paper introduces the New General Service List Test (NGSLT), a diagnostic instrument designed to…
Measuring Knowledge of Words with Multiple Meanings
Yuko Hoshino - When reading or listening to English, we encounter many words, most of which are high-frequency, polysemous words.
