When discussing vocabulary, a distinction is often made between size of vocabulary
(number of known words) and depth of knowledge (how well those words are known) …

Despite the importance of lexical diversity (LD) in L2 speaking and writing performance, LD
assessment measures are known to be affected by the number of words analyzed in the text …

The issue of moving vocabulary knowledge from receptive to productive mode is among the
most important but less studied strands of second or foreign language learning. The present …

This article presents a test development project for classroom speaking assessment. With
the aim of enhancing and specifically easing the process of test preparation and …

Speaking is widely recognized as being the most important tool for communication that
influences how students succeed in foreign language learning. In particular, given its …

The study was an attempt to assess how the trainee teachers belonging to the vernacular
background, from West Bengal (Eastern part of India), India, improved their oral fluency in a …

Dialect is one of the important aspects in language and communication. So that it will also
influence the language teaching process. This article aims to discuss deeply about how …

Background Although CAF are now often grouped together, it was only in the 1990s that
pedagogical and research considerations of fluency and accuracy began to be combined …

This article investigates the impact of drama-based role play activities on three domains of
speaking performance–accuracy (vocabulary and grammar), pronunciation and interactive …

Fear of speaking experienced by students when learning foreign language may be
categorized as anxiety. Students' fear of speaking may hamper their speaking performance …