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Table 6 Relationship between the UVLT 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

25

86.4%

8.7 (21.8%)

75.2%

8.5 (21.3%)

2000

68

92.8%

12.1 (30.3%)

85.1%

10.3 (25.8%)

3000

92

95.9%

17.8 (44.5%)

91%

17.9 (44.8%)

4000

40

97.6%

21.1 (52.8%)

94%

22.4 (56%)

5000

9

98.1%

24.7 (61.8%)

95.3%

28.2 (70.5%)

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. UVLT Updated Vocabulary Test