Probing the depths: Can both size and depth of productive vocabulary predict academic performance?

This study investigates the link between breadth (or size) and depth of vocabulary knowledge, and the relationship between the latter and academic proficiency. Breadth of vocabulary knowledge was measured using a productive version of the Vocabulary Levels Test (Laufer & Nation, 1995), while dep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scheepers, Ruth Angela
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2019-01-01
Series:Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning
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Online Access:http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/812