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Exploring the Relationship between Productive Vocabulary Knowledge and Second Language Oral Ability

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Uchihara, Takumi; Saito, Kazuya – Language Learning Journal, 2019

The current study investigated the extent to which L2 learners' productive vocabulary knowledge could predict multiple dimensions of spontaneous speech production. A total of 39 English as a foreign language (EFL) participants with varying L2 proficiency levels first completed a productive vocabulary knowledge task (Lex30). Their spontaneous…

Descriptors: Nouns, Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning

The Effects of Synonymy on Second-Language Vocabulary Learning

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Webb, Stuart – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2007

This article examines the effects of synonymy (i.e., learning words with and without high-frequency synonyms that were known to the learners) on word knowledge in a study of 84 Japanese students learning English. It employed 10 tests measuring 5 aspects of word knowledge (orthography, paradigmatic association, syntagmatic association, meaning and…

Descriptors: Sentences, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Japanese