Does L1 make a difference? Evidence from the receptive vocabulary size of Spanish and German EFL primary school learners
| Autor: | María del Pilar Agustín Llach |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Vocabulary media_common.quotation_subject Primary education 06 humanities and the arts Romance languages Language and Linguistics language.human_language Linguistics Education Test (assessment) German Reading comprehension 0602 languages and literature language Language proficiency Psychology Receptive vocabulary media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Language Learning Journal. 44:214-235 |
| ISSN: | 1753-2167 0957-1736 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09571736.2012.737358 |
| Popis: | The present paper explores and compares the receptive vocabulary sizes of two groups of learners of different native languages. One of the most widely used vocabulary size tests is the Vocabulary Levels Test designed by Nation. Some reservations have been raised in relation to the adequacy of the Vocabulary Levels Test to estimate the vocabulary size of learners with Romance languages. In order to examine this reservation, this paper sets out to describe and compare the vocabulary size estimates of two groups of learners with different mother tongues, Spanish and German. A total of 41 German and 41 Spanish native speakers participated in the study. They averaged between 9 and 10 years of age and attended the 4th grade of primary education. Proficiency level tests revealed that their English level was comparable. Analysis of the results of the Vocabulary Levels Test show that mean and median values are very similar between the two language groups and no significant differences could be found. Results are d... |
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