Introducing LexTALE: A quick and valid Lexical Test for Advanced Learners of English

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-343

  Lemhöfer, Kristin ^a   Broersma, Mirjam ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

English vocabulary test; Second language; Self ratings of proficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; KOREA; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; KOREA; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861353599     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0146-0     Document Type: Article

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