In:Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size
I.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead
[Not in series 233] 2021
► pp. 125–132
Chapter 11Needed research and some final thoughts
Published online: 11 February 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.233.c11
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.233.c11
Article outline
- Vocabulary growth
- The vocabulary gap
- 1.Developing research tools
- A picture test of total vocabulary size
- Refining the BNC/COCA lists
- 2.Improving the methodology of vocabulary size research
- 3.Answering research questions on native-speaker vocabulary size and
growth
- The rate of vocabulary growth
- The effects of interventions on vocabulary size growth
- 4.Using the data from vocabulary size tests
- 1.Developing research tools
- The future of vocabulary size testing
