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Lexical Facility and IELTS Performance
This chapter presents the third of seven studies examining lexical facility as a second language vocabulary construct. Study 3 examines the sensitivity of the lexical facility measures (VKsize, mnRT, and CV) t...
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Lexical Facility and Academic Performance in English
Two studies are presented here that examine the lexical facility measures as predictors of individual differences in performance in two domains of academic English. Study 6 investigates the lexical facility me...
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Measuring Recognition Vocabulary Size
This chapter describes two approaches to measuring recognition vocabulary size, the Vocabulary Levels Test/Vocabulary Size Test approach and the Yes/No Test approach. The respective test formats and their uses...
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Lexical Facility: Bringing Size and Speed Together
This chapter introduces the lexical facility construct in depth. The approach characterizes vocabulary size and processing skill dimensions as complementary indices of second language (L2) vocabulary skill tha...
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Lexical Facility as an Index of L2 Proficiency
This chapter presents the first of seven studies that evaluate lexical facility as a second language (L2) vocabulary construct. Study 1 examines the sensitivity of the lexical facility measures to differences ...
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The Future of Lexical Facility
This chapter recaps the conceptual and empirical case for the lexical facility account. The Timed Yes/No Test as a measure of lexical facility is evaluated and alternative approaches to testing the construct a...
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Size as a Dimension of L2 Vocabulary Skill
This chapter examines vocabulary size as a dimension of second language (L2) vocabulary skill. The vocabulary size research literature is introduced and research methods used to study it are described. The use...
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L2 Word Recognition Skill and Its Measurement
This chapter examines word recognition skill as a key aspect of second language (L2) vocabulary skill and, in turn, a basic element of L2 proficiency. It identifies the role of word recognition skill in text c...
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Measuring Lexical Facility: The Timed Yes/No Test
This chapter describes the Timed Yes/No Test, the online assessment tool used to measure lexical facility in the studies reported in Part 2. It also describes test characteristics and features, and discusses c...
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Lexical Facility and Academic English Proficiency
This chapter presents the second of seven studies that examines the sensitivity of the three measures to differences in academic English proficiency, individually and as composite measures. Study 2 examines te...
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Lexical Facility and Language Program Placement
This chapter presents two studies that gauge the sensitivity of the lexical facility measures to English proficiency differences as defined by language program placement. Study 4 compares the predictive power ...
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The Effect of Lexical Facility
This chapter summarizes the findings from Chaps. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Seven studies were reported that evaluated the sensitivity of size, speed, and consistency to differences in proficiency and performance in ...
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Vocabulary Recognition Skill as a Screening Tool in English-as-a-Lingua-Franca University Settings
Research has shown that vocabulary recognition skill is a readily measured and relatively robust predictor of second language performance in university settings in English-speaking countries. This study builds...
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Open AccessRecognition vocabulary knowledge as a predictor of academic performance in an English as a foreign language setting
This paper presents findings of a study of recognition vocabulary knowledge as a predictor of written Academic English Proficiency (AEP) and overall Academic Achievement in an English medium higher education p...
