This article reviews the literature in the field of vocabulary assessment especially that since the 1990s. Starting from the construct of vocabulary, which includes definitions of word and lexical item, and the connot...This article reviews the literature in the field of vocabulary assessment especially that since the 1990s. Starting from the construct of vocabulary, which includes definitions of word and lexical item, and the connotations of knowing a word, it then reviews mainstream methods for the assessment of vocabulary, featured by the studies in the testing of vocabulary breadth and depth.After pointing out the problems and issues in the assessment of vocabulary, it proposes some suggestions which intend to shed some light to the future development of vocabulary testing.展开更多
以某高校122名非英语专业二年级学生为研究对象,运用结构方程模型,探究不同维度的词汇知识与阅读理解的关系,并采用自助法(Bootstrapping)与蒙地卡罗(Monte Carlo Method)进一步考察了词汇流畅性的中介作用。结果发现:一是接受性词汇深...以某高校122名非英语专业二年级学生为研究对象,运用结构方程模型,探究不同维度的词汇知识与阅读理解的关系,并采用自助法(Bootstrapping)与蒙地卡罗(Monte Carlo Method)进一步考察了词汇流畅性的中介作用。结果发现:一是接受性词汇深度对于阅读理解贡献最大、接受性词汇广度次之、产出性词汇广度位居第三、产出性词汇深度贡献最小。分别为:β=.48,p<.001,β=.31,p<.001,β=.28,p<.001,β=.19,p<.001;二是词汇知识四个维度对阅读理解的整体预测力为59%;三是词汇流畅性在产出性词汇广度与阅读理解之间的关系起到部分中介的作用;四是在词汇流畅性的介入下,词汇知识四个维度对阅读理解的影响力不同程度地有所增加。最后讨论了不同维度的词汇知识在L2阅读理解中的不同重要性,研究结论对二语词汇与阅读教学具有重要指导意义。展开更多
文摘This article reviews the literature in the field of vocabulary assessment especially that since the 1990s. Starting from the construct of vocabulary, which includes definitions of word and lexical item, and the connotations of knowing a word, it then reviews mainstream methods for the assessment of vocabulary, featured by the studies in the testing of vocabulary breadth and depth.After pointing out the problems and issues in the assessment of vocabulary, it proposes some suggestions which intend to shed some light to the future development of vocabulary testing.
文摘以某高校122名非英语专业二年级学生为研究对象,运用结构方程模型,探究不同维度的词汇知识与阅读理解的关系,并采用自助法(Bootstrapping)与蒙地卡罗(Monte Carlo Method)进一步考察了词汇流畅性的中介作用。结果发现:一是接受性词汇深度对于阅读理解贡献最大、接受性词汇广度次之、产出性词汇广度位居第三、产出性词汇深度贡献最小。分别为:β=.48,p<.001,β=.31,p<.001,β=.28,p<.001,β=.19,p<.001;二是词汇知识四个维度对阅读理解的整体预测力为59%;三是词汇流畅性在产出性词汇广度与阅读理解之间的关系起到部分中介的作用;四是在词汇流畅性的介入下,词汇知识四个维度对阅读理解的影响力不同程度地有所增加。最后讨论了不同维度的词汇知识在L2阅读理解中的不同重要性,研究结论对二语词汇与阅读教学具有重要指导意义。