Jurnal English Education: Jurnal Tadris Bahasa Inggris
Vol 9 No 1 (2016): English Education: Jurnal Tadris Bahasa Inggris

Measuring EFL Students` Vocabulary Size: Why and How

Kurniawan, Iwan (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Mar 2016

Abstract

Students` vocabulary size plays very important role toward their success in learning new language. To succeed in language learning 2,000 word families is often mentioned.  Having this number, a reader can understand nine from ten words in many written text. Right now, researchers propose number at least 3000 word families and mastering minimum 3000 word families will support students` success in academic reading at university level. To pass tests such as Cambridge First Certificate, TOEFL or IELTS. Vocabulary of 5,000 words are needed. Undergraduate non-native speaker of non-European countries could study successfully in English speaking countries by having word families around 5,000-6,000. A non-native speaker can study PhD level well with vocabulary about 9,000.  This article also will discuss the techniques to estimate someone vocabulary size.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ENGEDU

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

English Education: Jurnal Tadris Bahasa Inggris has been published since March 2010 in printed version (pISSN: 2086-6003), June and December 2018 in online version (eISSN: 2580-1449). It is a biannual journal concerning English Language Teaching, English Literature, English Linguistics, Current ...