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- Title
L2 Vocabulary Knowledge and L2 Listening Comprehension: A Structural Equation Model.
- Authors
Yang Li; Xian Zhang
- Abstract
The current study investigates how second language (L2) listening comprehension is associated with three dimensions of L2 vocabulary knowledge: size, depth, and fluency. Vocabulary knowledge tests administered to 290 participants measured L2 auditory vocabulary size, depth, and fluency. Afterward, participants took an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) listening test that measured L2 listening comprehension. Using a structural equation modeling technique, we found that all three dimensions of vocabulary knowledge are significant predictors of L2 listening comprehension. Size of auditory vocabulary in the L2 has the strongest predictive power over L2 listening comprehension. The results of the current study offer useful pedagogical implications for improving L2 listening comprehension.
- Subjects
VOCABULARY; LISTENING comprehension; SECOND language acquisition; FLUENCY (Language learning); INTERNATIONAL English Language Testing System
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue Canadiennne de Linguistique Appliquée, 2019, Vol 22, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
1481-868X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1060907ar