Measuring the Vocabulary Size of Muslim Pre-University Students

The last decade has seen an increased interest in the field of second language vocabulary acquisition (SLVA). The findings in SLVA research point to a need to identify learners’ existing vocabulary size to ensure that they achieved the threshold level of vocabulary. The present study aims to measur...

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Main Authors:	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Othman, Khairiah, Sarudin, Isarji, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah
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Subjects:	L Education (General) PE English
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spelling	iium-300722013-08-03T07:01:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30072/ Measuring the Vocabulary Size of Muslim Pre-University Students Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Othman, Khairiah Sarudin, Isarji Muhamad, Ainon Jariah L Education (General) PE English The last decade has seen an increased interest in the field of second language vocabulary acquisition (SLVA). The findings in SLVA research point to a need to identify learners’ existing vocabulary size to ensure that they achieved the threshold level of vocabulary. The present study aims to measure the vocabulary size of pre-university students at a public university in Malaysia. The receptive and productive vocabulary size tests were administered to 190 students. The results indicate that these pre-university students have yet to achieve the recommended threshold level of vocabulary that is needed to enable them to successfully acquire vocabulary independently. It was also found that there was a strong relationship (r=0.737) between English language proficiency and vocabulary size, statistically significant at p<0.01 level. Students’ performance in receptive and productive vocabulary was also found to be strongly related (r=0.862), statistically significant at p<0.01 level. This study provides the empirical evidence of the importance of guiding students to acquire the threshold level of vocabulary, thus facilitating them with the skills to further develop their vocabulary repertoire independently. IDOSI Publication 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30072/1/2_vocab_dr_engku_p44_to_49.pdf Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza and Othman, Khairiah and Sarudin, Isarji and Muhamad, Ainon Jariah (2013) Measuring the Vocabulary Size of Muslim Pre-University Students. World Applied Sciences Journal , 21 (21). pp. 44-49. ISSN 1818-4952 http://www.idosi.org/wasj/online.htm 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.21.sltl.2140
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description	The last decade has seen an increased interest in the field of second language vocabulary acquisition (SLVA). The findings in SLVA research point to a need to identify learners’ existing vocabulary size to ensure that they achieved the threshold level of vocabulary. The present study aims to measure the vocabulary size of pre-university students at a public university in Malaysia. The receptive and productive vocabulary size tests were administered to 190 students. The results indicate that these pre-university students have yet to achieve the recommended threshold level of vocabulary that is needed to enable them to successfully acquire vocabulary independently. It was also found that there was a strong relationship (r=0.737) between English language proficiency and vocabulary size, statistically significant at p<0.01 level. Students’ performance in receptive and productive vocabulary was also found to be strongly related (r=0.862), statistically significant at p<0.01 level. This study provides the empirical evidence of the importance of guiding students to acquire the threshold level of vocabulary, thus facilitating them with the skills to further develop their vocabulary repertoire independently.
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author	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Othman, Khairiah Sarudin, Isarji Muhamad, Ainon Jariah
author_facet	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Othman, Khairiah Sarudin, Isarji Muhamad, Ainon Jariah
author_sort	Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza
title	Measuring the Vocabulary Size of Muslim Pre-University Students
title_short	Measuring the Vocabulary Size of Muslim Pre-University Students
title_full	Measuring the Vocabulary Size of Muslim Pre-University Students
title_fullStr	Measuring the Vocabulary Size of Muslim Pre-University Students
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring the Vocabulary Size of Muslim Pre-University Students
title_sort	measuring the vocabulary size of muslim pre-university students
publisher	IDOSI Publication
publishDate	2013
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Measuring the Vocabulary Size of Muslim Pre-University Students

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