In:Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size
I.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead
[Not in series 233] 2021
► pp. 99–114
Chapter 9Measures and item types used to estimate native-speaker vocabulary
size
Published online: 11 February 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.233.c9
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.233.c9
Article outline
- Using spoken output to measure vocabulary size and growth
- Single person output studies
- Studies using small amounts of output
- Measuring receptive vocabulary size
- What do scores on different vocabulary test item formats mean?
- Issues with multiple-choice measures
- Issues with Yes/No measures
- Issues with meaning-recall (interview) measures
- What kind of knowledge should a test of vocabulary size measure?
- Young children
- Primary school children
- Secondary school children
- Adults
