Table 8 Relationship between academic vocabulary knowledge and academic listening and reading comprehension
AWL score | No. of students | IELTS listening | IELTS reading | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IELTS band score | Mean score | IELTS band score | Mean score | ||
26-30 | 12 | 6.0 | 24 | 6.0 | 25.9 |
21-25 | 44 | 5.5 | 21.3 | 5.5 | 22.4 |
16-20 | 62 | 5.0 | 17.9 | 5.0 | 17.9 |
11-15 | 58 | 4.5 | 14.2 | 4.0 | 12.8 |
6-10 | 41 | 3.5 | 10.6 | 3.5 | 9.7 |