This volume presents a framework that expands the traditional concept of a vocabulary test to cover a range of procedures for assessing the vocabulary knowledge of second language learners.
Contents: 1. The place of vocabulary in language assessment; 2. The nature of vocabulary; 3. Research on vocabulary acquisition and use; 4. Research on vocabulary assessment; 5. Vocabulary tests: Four case studies; 6. The design of discrete vocabulary tests 7. Comprehensive measures of vocabulary; 8. Further developments in vocabulary assessment; References.
