The results of an industry research survey showed, understanding Dissertation Research categories has not been the focused on many researchers and institutions. This research expands on machine learning methodologies using two similar datasets to answer these three questions: 1. Is there a way to track the trends of Pace University's Doctor of…

Word frequency has a long history of being considered the most important predictor of word difficulty and has served as a guideline for several aspects of second language vocabulary teaching, learning, and assessment. However, recent empirical research has challenged the supremacy of frequency as a predictor of word difficulty. Accordingly,…

In this study we explored factors that determine the knowledge of L2 words with orthographic neighbours in L1 (cognates and false cognates). We asked 150 Polish learners of English to translate 105 English non-cognate words, cognates, and false-cognates into Polish, and to assess the confidence of each translation. Confidence ratings allows us to…

The usual finding of superior recognition memory for rare items was observed. (Authors)