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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
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Liu, Xiaofei F. – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2018
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between Chinese MA students' depth of vocabulary knowledge, their use of L2 vocabulary learning strategy (VLS), and the types of L2 contact they encountered while studying abroad. 165 Chinese MA students from a British university participated in the study by filling out the questionnaire…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Factor Analysis
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Hwu, Fenfang; Pan, Wei; Sun, Shuyan – Language Teaching Research, 2014
Finding the match between individuals and educational treatments is the aim of both educators and the aptitude-treatment interaction research paradigm. Using the latent growth curve analysis, the present study investigates the interaction between the type of explicit instructional approaches (deductive vs. explicit-inductive) and the level of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude, Grammar, Teaching Methods
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)