Word Families and Frequency Bands in Vocabulary Tests: Challenging Conventions.
Word Families and Frequency Bands in Vocabulary Tests: Challenging Conventions.
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词汇测试中的词族和频段：挑战惯例。
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10.1002/tesq.329
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发表时间：
2016
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
B. Kremmel
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作者：
B. Kremmel
词汇测试的开发往往似乎是基于以前测试的设计原则，而不是质疑或经验性地检验这些原则背后的假设。鉴于目前词汇测试的激增，基于更新的研究，词汇测试领域似乎应该对一些传统的假设提出质疑。这篇文章首先挑战了两个对词汇测试发展至关重要的常见假设：(1)词族的计数单位，以及(2)使用频率时的1000个词的频段划分。本文在现有文献的基础上，通过对基于语料库的统计数据的分析，提出了未来的研究方向，认为词条可能是词汇评估和教学中更有用的统计单位。此外，它还认为，传统的1000项频段并不是最优的。较小的500个项目的频带在较高的频率下将提供更多的信息，而大于1,000个项目的频段在较低的频率将足够。由于大多数词汇测试的目标是将英语作为外语的初学者到中级学习者，这些新的经验丰富的惯例应该会促进更多信息量更大的词汇测试的发展。
Vocabulary test development often appears to be based on the design principles of previous tests, without questioning or empirically examining the assumptions underlying those principles. Given the current proliferation of vocabulary tests, it seems timely for the field of vocabulary testing to problematize some of those traditionalised assumptions, based on more current research. This article begins this process by challenging two common assumptions key to vocabulary test development: (1) the counting unit of word families, and (2) the 1,000-word band divisions in the use of frequency. Based on existing literature and an analysis of corpus-based coverage figures, the article frames future research agendas by arguing that the lemma may be a more useful counting unit for vocabulary assessment and pedagogy. Further, it argues that the traditional 1,000-item frequency bands are not optimal. Smaller 500-item bands would be more informative at the higher frequencies, and bands larger than 1,000 items would be adequate at lower frequencies. Because most vocabulary tests are aimed at beginner to intermediate learners of English as a foreign language, these new empirically informed conventions should facilitate the development of more informative vocabulary tests.
词汇多样性测量可以区分雅思成绩吗？
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发表时间：
2022
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作者：
Myint Maw;T. M;Clenton;J.;& Higginbotham;G.
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G.