LexCH
A quick and reliable receptive vocabulary size test for Chinese Learners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21196866 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shiwei Qi (Beijing Normal University), Mark Feng Teng (0000-0002-5134-8504, Beijing Normal University, corresponding author), Ailan Fu (Beijing Normal University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 643-670 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Linguistics Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1868-6303 • E-ISSN: 1868-6311 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/applirev-2022-0006 |
| OpenAlex | W4285043703 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 40 |
The measurement of vocabulary size is crucial in applied linguistics research. Although increasing attention has been given to the study of Chinese vocabulary assessment, few reliable and valid tools are available to evaluate Chinese learners’ receptive vocabulary size, particularly for teenagers and adults. We aim to fill this gap by developing LexCH, a quick, reliable and free receptive vocabulary size assessment tool that researchers and language teachers can readily adopt. In developing LexCH, we chose items covering a range of difficulty levels and with strong discriminative power as test items for the final version of LexCH based on item response theory. In total, 480 students from a junior high school and a high school in China participated in this study. Our initial validation results suggest that LexCH is a reliable and valid receptive vocabulary size test for L1 Chinese speakers; it also shows great potential for use among L2 Chinese learners. Implications for assessing receptive vocabulary size in Chinese learning are provided
Linguistics · Mathematics education · Teaching method · Vocabulary · Vocabulary development · Computer Science · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Text Readability and Simplification
Development and validation of a Chinese character acquisition screening test for Mainland Chinese school-age children
The development of a Chinese vocabulary proficiency test (CVPT) for learners of Chinese as a second/foreign language
The Crosslinguistic Influence of L1 Morphological Awareness on L3 Lexical Inferencing
Beyond L2 Learners
Assessing Vocabulary
Introducing LexTale
Vocabulary Knowledge and Advanced Listening Comprehension in English as a Foreign Language
Breadth and depth of vocabulary in relation to L1/L2 acquisition and frequency of input
Mirt
LexITA
The updated Vocabulary Levels Test
Assessing vocabulary size through multiple-choice formats
Limitations of Size and Levels Tests of Written Receptive Vocabulary Knowledge
Simple View of Reading in Chinese
The developmental trajectories of oral vocabulary knowledge and its influential factors in Chinese primary school students
The relation between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension in Chinese elementary children
Developing and exploring the behaviour of two new versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test
A Rasch-based validation of the Vocabulary Size Test
Pseudowords and guessing in the Yes/No format vocabulary test
Do pseudoword false alarm rates and overestimation rates in Yes/No vocabulary tests change with Japanese university students’ English ability levels
Objective Tests as Instruments of Psychological Theory
Word Families
Cross-Language Transfer of Syntactic Skills and Reading Comprehension Among Young Cantonese-English Bilingual Students
What's meaning got to do with it
More Than Frequency? Exploring Predictors of Word Difficulty for Second Language Learners
Size and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge
The detailed age trajectory of oral vocabulary knowledge
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |