University EFL Learners’ Size of Receptive English  

Oleh:

Wardhana, Lalu Ali ; Isnaini, Muhamad ; Melani, Boniesta Zulandha

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 1, page 548-554.
Topik: Receptive vocabulary; size; EFL Learners
Fulltext: hal 548.pdf (16.58MB)

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Vocabulary learning often becomes a constraint when learning a second language (Meara, 1982), and yet many English language learners have failed to learn the required amount of vocabulary stated by the National curriculum (Quinn, 1968; Nation, 1974; Nurweni & Read, 1999). No data to date has reported university EFL learners’ vocabulary size in West Nusa Tenggara. This study tries to measure the first semester students’ receptive vocabulary size of English words after learning the subject for at least six years in high school. Using vocabulary level tests designed by Schmitt, Schmitt and Clapham (in Nation, 1990), this study tested 95 university students registered in English language program and found the result that is not far different from results reported from other places in Indonesia. Considering that high school graduates are expected to master 4000 words, including 1500 words in Junior High School (National Curriculum of 1974 and 1984), the levels of students’ receptive vocabulary size of 2000 words (53,19%) and 3000 words (48,62%) are unlikely to meet this expectation. Although that is the case, the students show high receptive knowledge of academic vocabulary (54,52%). Estimation of the students’ receptive size shows that there is an improvement of L2 learners’ vocabulary knowledge as compared to the previous studies’ findings.

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