Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Detailed table of contents ix
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 2. The productive vocabulary sizes of young native-speakers of English 7
7. Chapter 3. Dictionary-based studies of vocabulary size 19
8. Chapter 4. The receptive vocabulary sizes of young native-speakers of English 35
9. Chapter 5. The vocabulary sizes of native-speakers of English in secondary school 45
10. Chapter 6. Frequency-list based studies of adult native-speakers’ vocabulary size 53
11. Chapter 7. Factors affecting native-speaker vocabulary size and growth 63
12. Chapter 8. Supporting native-speaker vocabulary growth 79
13. Chapter 9. Measures and item types used to estimate native-speaker vocabulary size 99
14. Chapter 10. Creating a vocabulary size test 115
15. Chapter 11. Needed research and some final thoughts 125
16. Appendixes
17. Appendix 1. Instructions for individual test administration for research assistants (Coxhead, Nation, Woods, & Sim, 2018) 133
18. Appendix 2. Vocabulary size test feedback sheet for scores over 10,000 words (Coxhead, Nation, Woods, & Sim, 2018) 135
19. Appendix 3. Thorndike, E. L. (1924). The vocabularies of school pupils. In J. C. Bell (Ed.), Contributions to Education (pp. 69–76). New York, NY: World Book Co. 137
20. References 143
21. Author index 155
22. Subject index 159