Exploring the relationships between various dimensions of receptive vocabulary knowledge and L2 listening and reading comprehension

Language Testing in Asia

Table 1 A summary of the correlation coefficients reported in different studies using different vocabulary tests and listening tests

Participants’ level of English proficiency	Vocabulary test used	Listening test used	Correlations		Study
Participants’ level of English proficiency	Vocabulary test used	Listening test used	Total scores	The 1000- and 2000-word levels	Study
B2	VLT (Schmitt et al., 2001)	Cambridge certificate of proficiency in English (CPE)	.70	-	Stæhr (2009)
B1	VocabLab Test (Peters et al., 2015, 2019)	Preliminary English Test for schools (PET)	.63	-	Noreillie et al., (2018)
A2	LVLT (McLean et al., 2015)	TOEIC listening test	.15	.48 and .47 respectively	Lange and Matthews (2020)
A2	LVLT (McLean et al., 2015)	Eiken Pre-2 listening test	.12	.42 and .44 respectively	Lange and Matthews (2020)
CET Band 4	VST (Nation & Beglar, 2007)	IELTS listening test	.70	-	Feng (2016)
Mixed (87% low proficiency, 6.5% mid proficiency, 6.5% high proficiency)	LVLT (McLean et al., 2015)	Part 01 and 02 of the TOEIC listening test	.54	-	McLean et al. (2015)