The role of vocabulary breadth and depth in IELTS academic reading tests

IF 1.3 Q2 LINGUISTICS
Chen Chen, Yongcan Liu
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Abstract

This study explored the role of vocabulary breadth and depth in second language learners’ performance in IELTS academic reading tests in China. Sixty-two Chinese learners of English as a foreign language completed a vocabulary size test, a vocabulary depth test, and an IELTS reading test. Results showed that vocabulary breadth and depth both correlated significantly with IELTS reading test scores. With regard to different IELTS question types, vocabulary breadth correlated significantly with True/False/Not Given questions, whereas vocabulary depth correlated more significantly with Multiple Choice, Matching Headings, and Sentence Completion tasks. Results of a multiple regression model indicated the increase of vocabulary size needed to improve certain IELTS band scores. This study has theoretical implications for broadening the conceptualisation of vocabulary depth, as well as pedagogical implications for supporting students’ second language reading development.
词汇广度和深度在雅思学术阅读考试中的作用
本研究探讨了词汇广度和深度在中国第二语言学习者雅思学术阅读成绩中的作用。62名中国的英语学习者完成了词汇量测试、词汇深度测试和雅思阅读测试。结果表明,词汇广度和深度都与雅思阅读成绩显著相关。在不同的雅思题型中,词汇广度与真假非题相关显著,而词汇深度与选择题、标题匹配题和句子完成题相关更为显著。多元回归模型的结果表明,提高雅思成绩需要增加词汇量。本研究对拓展词汇深度的概念具有理论意义,对支持学生的第二语言阅读发展具有教学意义。
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