Saudi EFL majors’ productive vocabulary size
Other Title(s)
حجم المفردات الإنتاجية في اللغة الإنجليزية لدى الطلاب السعوديين المتخصصين في اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة أجنبية
Author
Source
King Khalid University Journal of Humanities
Issue
Vol. 5, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.71-92, 22 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
22
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
This study aimed to measure Saudi English majors’ productive vocabulary knowledge.
The subjects were forty-five Saudi male students with five years of study as English Language and Translation majors at King Saud University in Riyadh.
Paul Nation’s Productive Vocabulary Levels Test: Version A was administered to the subjects during the last two weeks of their final semester.
The results showed poor productive vocabulary sizes under the five-word frequency bands.
Furthermore, the mean scores deteriorated as the level of word frequency declined.
The participants’ average vocabulary size was approximately 503 words (50 %) in the 2nd 1,000- word level, 314 words (31%) in the 3rd 1,000-word level, 119 words (12%) in the 5th 1,000- word level, 10 words (1%) for the 10th 1.000-word level, and 107 words (13%) in the University Word List band.
It was evident that participants’ performances were highly affected by the word-frequency level in all test bands.
Immediate intervention is required to improve students’ performance and to prevent such poor performance among future students.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Qurani, Ibrahim R. 2018. Saudi EFL majors’ productive vocabulary size. King Khalid University Journal of Humanities،Vol. 5, no. 2, pp.71-92.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Qurani, Ibrahim R. Saudi EFL majors’ productive vocabulary size. King Khalid University Journal of Humanities Vol. 5, no. 2 (2018), pp.71-92.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Qurani, Ibrahim R. Saudi EFL majors’ productive vocabulary size. King Khalid University Journal of Humanities. 2018. Vol. 5, no. 2, pp.71-92.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Record ID
BIM-917498