The Role of Initial Proficiency in Lexical Attrition/Retention of Iranian EFL Learners: Is the Productive or the Receptive Word Knowledge of Acquired Nouns More Likely to Be Lost?

This paper describes a study of EFL lexical attrition/retention among groups. It was also revealed that, irrespective of receptive/productive dichotomy, the students with higher level of proficiency retain acquired nouns more than others did. However, the research did not end in any significant effe...

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Published in:	Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī
Main Authors:	mehdi nowrouzi, mahboubeh moshedian
Format:	Article
Language:	Persian
Published:	Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2007-08-01
Subjects:	language proficiency productive vocabulary receptive vocabulary language attrition language retention
Online Access:	https://ltr.atu.ac.ir/article_6401_30741fab340b36fdbc9a4443e932d6f8.pdf