Vocabulary Demands of the IELTS Listening Test
An In-Depth Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3302950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Doan Hieu Phung (0000-0002-6195-1083, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City), Hung Tan Ha (0000-0002-5901-7718, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21582440221079934 |
| OpenAlex | W4225947021 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 38 |
The article offers an in-depth lexical analysis of the listening sub-test of the famous International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The vocabulary profile of 239 listening transcripts from 60 IELTS official practice tests were analyzed. The results showed that, 3,000 most frequent word families in the British National Corpus/Corpus of Contemporary American English (BNC/COCA) word list were necessary to safely gain 95% coverage of all four sections in the test. Meanwhile, a vocabulary knowledge at the 5,000 level would secure the 98% coverage. The study also reveals that, with the support of 570 word families from the Academic Word List (AWL), learners only need to be familiar with 2,000 word families to achieve 95% coverage of the first, second, and third listening sections, equaling 75% of the IELTS listening test. The differences in lexical demands between listening sections were also highlighted
Active listening · Corpus linguistics · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Vocabulary · Word list · Communication · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Artificial Intelligence
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Empiricism versus connoisseurship
The relationship between three measures of L2 vocabulary knowledge and L2 listening and reading
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Listening comprehension
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Lexical coverage and profiling
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |