receptive vocabulary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofreceptiveandvocabulary
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receptive
adjective
uk/rɪˈsep.tɪv/us/rɪˈsep.tɪv/
willing to listen to and accept new ideas ...
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vocabulary
noun
uk/vəˈkæb.jə.lər.i/us/voʊˈkæb.jə.ler.i/
all the words known and used by a ...
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Phonological sequence learning is a significant predictor ofreceptivevocabularylearning.
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By adolescence, however, performance onreceptivevocabularytests is a definite strength.
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The format of this test is very similar to that of thereceptivevocabularytest.
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Picture-naming and picture-identification tasks were used to measure expressive andreceptivevocabulary, respectively.
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The findings also indicated thatreceptivevocabularysize might give some indication of productive vocabulary size.
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To demonstrate this fact we analyzed the content ofreceptivevocabularytests.
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The other oral language measures (listening comprehension andreceptivevocabulary) were not significant.
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Ifreceptivevocabularyis of interest, the infant form may be used.
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Groups were matched on chronological age, and had similarreceptivevocabularyand nonverbal abilities.
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One factor that might also have an impact on phonological awareness isreceptivevocabulary.
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Receptivevocabularywas in the range of mild disability.
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In the second phase, children were given the nonword repetition andreceptivevocabularytests.
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Two tests were used to select participants : a listening comprehension test and areceptivevocabularytest.
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The results showed that totalreceptivevocabularysize was larger than productive vocabulary.
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The illustrations used in thereceptivevocabularytests were different from the ones in the storybook.
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As in the previous study,receptivevocabularypredicted the number of words comprehended.
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Question 4 was a test of both productive andreceptivevocabulary.
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Table 2 also illustrates thereceptivevocabularydevelopment analysis.
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