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Table 5 Relationship between the LVLT score, lexical coverage, listening and reading comprehension

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

Vocabulary level

No. of students

IELTS listening

IELTS reading

Lexical coverage

Mean score

Lexical coverage

Mean score

1000

9

86.4%

8.2 (20.5%)

75.2%

5.3 (13.3%)

2000

48

92.8%

11.5 (28.8%)

85.1%

11 (27.5%)

3000

121

95.9%

15.8 (39.5%)

91%

15.3 (38.3%)

4000

51

97.6%

21.2 (53%)

94%

22.4 (56%)

5000

5

98.1%

27.2 (68%)

95.3%

29 (72.5%)

6000

-

98.7%

-

97.5%

-

7000

-

98.9%

-

98.1%

-

8000

-

99.1%

-

98.6%

-

9000

 

99.3%

 

98.8%

 

10,000-20,000

-

99.5-99.7%

-

99-99.4%

-

Off list

-

0.3%

-

0.6%

-

  1. Note. LVLT Listening Vocabulary Test