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Vocabulary Knowledge of Adult ESL Learners
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This study assessed Malaysian tertiary students’ levels of passive and controlled active vocabulary knowledge. Two tests from the Vocabulary Levels Test were used to collect the data namely the Passive Vocabulary Test and Controlled Active Vocabulary Test. When using the test, the researchers were not particularly interested in the students’ total score on the tests, but were interested more in whether the students knew enough of the high-frequency words. 360 first- and second-year university students from five diploma programs were involved in the study. The findings revealed that majority of them did not have enough vocabulary knowledge and vocabulary size to use English as their second language though formal exposure to the language had been given to them for more than 12 years. This paper, besides discussing the students’ levels of passive and controlled active vocabulary knowledge and their vocabulary size, highlights the vocabulary levels and vocabulary size they should attain. The probable impact vocabulary knowledge has on the acquisition of other English language skills is another area discussed. Some recommendations for teaching approaches are also put forward.
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“In comparison with the findings of other studies on the vocabulary size of EFL learners, the results of the present study contradict the results of several studies (e.g.Mokhtar et al., 2010;Webb & Ching-Shyang Chang, 2012).The participants achieved higher vocabulary size than the participants achieved in the aforementioned studies.”
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- Authors
- Mokhtar, A. A., Rawian, R. M., Yahaya, M. F., Abdullah, A., Mansor, M., Osman, M. I., Zakaria, Z. A., Murat, A., Nayan, S., & Mohamed, A. R.
- Affiliations
- Universiti Teknologi MARA System (MY)
- Venue
- English Language Teaching
- Published
- 2010-02-03
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1916-4742 (ISSN-L)
- 1916-4750
- OpenAlex
- W2136961258
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 4.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- English Language Teaching (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Keywords
- vocabulary knowledge, receptive vocabulary, vocabulary size, high-frequency words, ESL learners, Vocabulary Levels Test, English as a second language, vocabulary teaching
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