English Language & Literature Teaching (영어어문교육)
- Volume 18 Issue 1
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- Pages.171-195
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- 2012
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- 1226-2889(pISSN)
Vocabulary Size of Korean EFL University Learners: Using an Item Response Theory Model
- Lee, Yongsang (KICE) ;
- Chon, Yuah V. (Hanyang University) ;
- Shin, Dongkwang (KICE)
- Received : 20120100
- Published : 2012.03.30
Abstract
While noticing that there is insufficient interest in the assessment of EFL learners' vocabulary levels or sizes, the researchers developed two tests identical in form (Forms A and B) to assess the lexical knowledge of Korean university learners at the
Keywords
- vocabulary size;
- vocabulary levels test;
- background variable;
- item difficulty;
- item response theory;
- Rasch model