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Measuring native-speaker vocabulary size /

"Estimating native-speaker vocabulary size is important for guiding interventions to support native-speaker vocabulary growth and for setting goals for learners of English as a foreign language. Unfortunately, the measurement of native-speaker vocabulary size has been one of the most methodolog...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Nation, I. S. P. (Autor), Coxhead, Averil (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The productive vocabulary sizes of young native-speakers of English
  • Chapter 3. Dictionary-based studies of vocabulary size
  • Chapter 4. The receptive vocabulary sizes of young native-speakers of English
  • Chapter 5. The vocabulary sizes of native-speakers of English in secondary school
  • Chapter 6. Frequency-list based studies of adult native-speakers' vocabulary size
  • Chapter 7. Factors affecting native-speaker vocabulary size and growth
  • Chapter 8. Supporting native-speaker vocabulary growth
  • Chapter 9. Measures and item types used to estimate native-speaker vocabulary size
  • Chapter 10. Creating a vocabulary size test
  • Chapter 11. Needed research and some final thoughts