As linguistic diversity increases in countries around the world, policy-makers and educators
are faced with complex and conflictual issues regarding appropriate ways of educating a …

The present study was conducted in the context of Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) 2000 research to conceptually validate the roles of breadth and depth of …

This empirical study explored the relationships between depth and breadth of vocabulary
knowledge and reading comprehension in English as a second language (ESL). Using …

This article presents a series of manuscripts that discusses the development of second
language reading. The article discusses language-specific constraints on reading …

This study examines the use of strategies and knowledge sources in L2 lexical inferencing
and their relationship with inferential success. Data consist of introspective and retrospective …

This article is republished from The Canadian Modern Language Review, 61, 1, 2004, pp.
107–134. It is published as an article exchange between the MLJ and the CMLR. The …

The central purpose of this study was to empirically evaluate an in-depth vocabulary
knowledge measure in the context of developing the new TOEFL test. The study was carried …

In this study, university English as a Second Language (ESL) learners' responses to 5
different types of text‐based vocabulary exercises were examined. The objective was to …

This study investigated the relationship between vocabulary learning strategies and
vocabulary breadth and depth knowledge. One hundred and fifty first‐year university …

This article reports on an introspective study that examined the effect of EFL learners' L2
reading proficiency on their L2 lexical inferencing while reading an English expository text …