Vocabulary Knowledge Scale (VKS)¶
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Description¶
A researcher-developed vocabulary knowledge assessment created by Paribakht and Wesche to track learners’ acquisition and development of targeted words.
Components¶
Claims¶
- Classroom experiments test whether instructional procedures that increase the salience and cognitive processing of targeted words in reading texts can support L2 vocabulary acquisition [+M] (word knowledge tracked with the VKS)
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Key Sources¶
- T. Sima Paribakht and Marjorie Wesche. (1996). Vocabulary enhancement activities and reading for meaning in second language vocabulary acquisition. Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: A Rationale for Pedagogy, Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139524643.013
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Vocabulary Knowledge Scale (VKS) |
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A researcher-developed vocabulary knowledge assessment created by Paribakht and Wesche to track learners’ acquisition and development of targeted words. |
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