This article reports on an investigation of vocabulary thresholds across four standards of
writing quality for grade 3 children. An expository prompt was used to elicit first draft writing …

Research in the study of students' writing concludes that vocabulary use is a key variable in
determining the holistic quality of the writing. In the present study, 77 writing samples from a …

This thesis constitutes a mixed-methods enquiry into how vocabulary develops across
adolescence, within the context of New Zealand secondary schools. A quantitative approach …

Quantitative measures of vocabulary use have added much to our understanding of first and
second language writing development. This paper argues for measures of register …

Knowing a word means knowing not only the meaning, but knowing the contexts in which
that word is used; it means knowing related words and ideas; it means knowing when and …

This paper aims to advance our understanding of how children's use of vocabulary in writing
changes as they progress through their school careers. It examines the extent to which a …

This study builds on previous work exploring reading and listening lexical thresholds
(Nation, 2006; Laufer & Ravenhorst-Kalovski, 2010; Schmitt, Jiang, & Grabe, 2011) in order …

Having rich and complex vocabulary is a crucial component that contributes to the quality of
writing for academic purposes. However, use of academic vocabulary can be challenging for …

This study aimed to describe 1-year changes in students' vocabulary in written narratives.
Secondary aims included examination of accuracy and the relationship between lexical …

This paper examines the oral language resources that enhance children's reading and
comprehension processes. Using data from a study of 16 children, the microanalysis of the …