Abstract
The study aims to explore Korean L2 learners’ gap between receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge and the factors affecting it. Taking an individual word-based approach, this research initially screened the participants out so that only the learners who perceived to ‘know’ all the target words were tested. A total of 90 out of 101 university students were tested with 96 questions (adopted from Nation 2001 and created based on Nation 2012). The results of an independent t-test suggest the imbalance of their vocabulary knowledge with smaller productive than receptive knowledge. The results of comparison between the words with production-based learning treatment and the ones without confirm the effectiveness of the production-based learning in order to narrow the receptive-productive gap. The results of Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient suggest that the learners with more experience in L2 production had narrower gap between receptive and productive knowledge.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: THE NEW STUDIES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
