Measuring Vocabulary Size of Japanese Junior High School Students: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Viewpoints
Measuring Vocabulary Size of Japanese Junior High School Students: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Viewpoints
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测量日本初中生的词汇量：横截面和纵向的观点
DOI：
10.20622/jltajournal.20.0_90
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Tsuyoshi Sato
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作者：
Tsuyoshi Sato
本研究使用词汇量测试（Sato，2016）调查了日本初中生在初级英语学习中词汇量的现状和发展。共有505名初中生参加了这项研究，并在第一和第二学期末测量了他们的词汇量。结果显示，在第一学期结束时，初中生的词汇量因年级而异，七年级的平均词汇量为795.03，八年级为1024.59，九年级为1070.76。不同词频组的习得过程呈现出不同的模式。对于七年级学生，400和1,200字组显着发展，而只有1,200字水平显着增加八年级学生。鉴于这些结果，为了更准确地描述初中生的词汇发展过程以及改进本研究所采用的测试方法，还需要进一步的研究。
The present study examines the current situation and development of the vocabulary size of Japanese junior high school students learning English at the beginner level using a vocabulary size test (Sato, 2016). A total of 505 of junior high school students participated in the research and their vocabulary size was measured at the end of the first and the second term. The results show that, at the end of the first term, junior high school students have significantly different vocabulary sizes depending on their grade levels, with an average estimated vocabulary size of 795.03 for seventh-grade, 1,024.59 for eighth-grade, and 1,070.76 for ninth-grade. The acquisition process shows the different patterns for the various word frequency groups. For seventh graders, the 400 and 1,200 word groups developed significantly, while only the 1,200 word level increased significantly for eighth graders. Considering these results, further research is needed in order to state more precisely the process of vocabulary development of junior high school students as well as improvement of the test adopted in the present study.