Developing an integrated diagnostic test of vocabulary size and depth

RELC Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-22

  Ishii, Tomoko ^a   Schmitt, Norbert ^b  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Depth; Size; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849083573     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033688208101452     Document Type: Article

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