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The Role of Vocabulary Breadth and Depth in Predicting Second Language Descriptive Writing Performance
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Dabbagh, Ali; Janebi Enayat, Mostafa – Language Learning Journal, 2019
The present study investigates the interaction between vocabulary breadth and depth on the one hand and assessments of L2 learners' descriptive writing on the other. The predictive role of these two dimensions of vocabulary knowledge in relation to the vocabulary component of the assessment was also examined. The extent to which vocabulary…
Descriptors: Role, Vocabulary Skills, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Assessing the Role of Depth and Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge in Reading Comprehension of Iranian EFL Learners
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Rashidi, Nasser; Khosravi, Negar – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2010
This study was conducted to investigate the extent to which scores on depth and breadth of vocabulary knowledge as two dimensions of vocabulary knowledge would contribute to predicting the EFL learners' reading performance with a minimum vocabulary size of 3000 word families and also to find out the difference, if any, between the reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)