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Direct linkMeara, Paul – Applied Linguistics, 2005
This paper reports a set of Monte Carlo simulations designed to evaluate the main claims made by Laufer and Nation about the Lexical Frequency Profile (LFP). Laufer and Nation claim that the LFP is a sensitive and reliable tool for assessing productive vocabulary in L2 speakers, and they suggest it might have a serious role to play in diagnostic…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Monte Carlo Methods, Second Language Learning, Profiles
Download full textvon Davier, Matthias – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
Probabilistic models with more than one latent variable are designed to report profiles of skills or cognitive attributes. Testing programs want to offer additional information beyond what a single test score can provide using these skill profiles. Many recent approaches to skill profile models are limited to dichotomous data and have made use of…
Descriptors: Models, Diagnostic Tests, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
