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Peer reviewedQian, David D. – Language Learning, 2002
This study was conducted in the context of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) research to conceptually validate the roles of breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge in reading comprehension in academic settings and to empirically evaluate a test measuring three elements of the depth dimension of vocabulary knowledge, including,…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textOller, John W., Jr.; Hinofotis, Frances Butler – 1976
Two hypotheses proposed to explain the variance in second language tests are investigated. Hypothesis 1 (H1) claims that language skill is separable into components either related to linguistically defined categories (e.g., listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Another possibility (H2) is that second language ability may be a more unitary…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
