Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on

Advanced Mechatronic Systems, Beijing, China, August, 22-24, 2015

Profiling Japanese EST students’ vocabulary ability using the New General
Service List Test (NGSLT) and the New Academic Word List Test (NAWLT)
HASHIMOTO Shin’ichi

Abstract—

well as materials development based on students’ abilities and

anese university students’

learners’

learner’s vocabulary size, and has become one of the most

dimensional profile of a learner’s ability

providers of instruction and create materials tailored to students’

Keywords—vocabulary profiles, Japanese uinversity, science

and engineering students, ESP, NGSLT, NAWLT

Measuring students’ English

. However, fostering students’

of students’ language weaknesses and strengths

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 Student B’s mastery of vocabulary follows

Student A Student B

A. Administration of the tests

called “Technical English” in a

called “Academic English for Second Year.”

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 Year 2 Year 3 Year 2 Year 3
(n=23) (n=28) (n=34) (n=133)
B. Participants

A. Comparison by Department and Year

Year 2 Year 3 Year 2 Year 3
(n=33) (n=52) (n=0) (n=52)

B. Comparison by Year

Year 2 Year 3 Year 2 Year 3

(n=23) (n=28) (n=34) (n=133)
Year 2 Year 3 Year 4+
(n=83) (n=260) (n=40)

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Year 2 Year 3 Year 4+
(n=83) (n=260) (n=40)

profile EST students’ vocabulary ability by using two n

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“Introducing a test of the new

general service list,” presented

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