Research on Vocabulary Knowledge for Arab Learners of English www.polyglot12.pw

1. Vocabulary Knowledge
country participants results researcher
Oman foundation students at Ibry College
of Applied Sciences
1-2,000 word size Al Farsi 2008
Sultan Qaboos University (SQU)
freshmen
+400 word size Cobb 1995
SQU freshmen +500 word size Cobb 1997
SQU lower & upper intermediate +1,200 word size Cobb 1999
SQU freshmen 11% @ 2-3,000 word size Sergon 2011
UAE 461 female freshmen in university
program
54% @ 1,919 word
families
Boyle & Kirk 2007
USA Libyan ESL undergraduates
Saudi ESL undergraduates
+2,000 word size
+1,000 word size
Andrews 2009