Measuring the contribution of specialist vocabulary knowledge to academic achievement: disentangling effects of multiple types of word knowledge

Measuring the contribution of specialist vocabulary knowledge to academic achievement: disentangling effects of multiple types of word knowledge

Abstract This study investigates the idea that knowledge of specialist subject vocabulary can make a significant and measurable impact on academic performance, separate from and additional to the impact of general and academic vocabulary knowledge. It tests the suggestion of Hyland and Tse (TESOL Qu...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Masrai, James Milton, Dina Abdel Salam El-Dakhs, Heba Elmenshawy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-06-01
Series:Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education
Subjects:
Vocabulary size
Academic vocabulary
Specialist vocabulary
General vocabulary
Academic achievement
AWL
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-021-00114-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-021-00114-5

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