Chapter published in:
Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size
I.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead
[Not in series 233] 2021
► pp. 35–44

Chapter 4
The receptive vocabulary sizes of young native-speakers of English

Article outline
  • Edward Thorndike
  • Biemiller (2005) and Biemiller and Slonim’s (2001) studies
  • The picture vocabulary size test
    • Making the test
    • Informal observations of learners sitting the test
    • The “I don’t know” option
    • Some data from using the tests