The Receptive Vocabulary of English Foreign Language Young Learners

Autor:	Rosa María Jiménez Catalán, Melania Terrazas Gallego
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	english as a foreign language receptive vocabulary size l2 proficiency primary education gender difference English language PE1-3729
Zdroj:	Journal of English Studies, Vol 5, Iss 0, Pp 173-191 (2008)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1576-6357 1695-4300
DOI:	10.18172/jes.127
Popis:	This paper responds to the need for research on vocabulary knowledge in foreign language education. First, we investigate the receptive vocabulary knowledge of students learning English in Spanish primary education by using the 1,000 word test and the 2,000 frequency band of The Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT). Second, we study differences between the sexes by comparing their scores. Third, we evaluate whether students’ scores correlate with their scores on a cloze test. As a result, we show that their English receptive vocabulary size falls within the 1,000 word level. Finally, we demonstrate the existence of a positive correlation between the two frequency bands and a cloze test.
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