This study introduces the second release of the Tool for the Automatic Analysis of Lexical
Sophistication (TAALES 2.0), a freely available and easy-to-use text analysis tool. TAALES …

Lexical richness is an umbrella term that refers to the density, sophistication, and variety of
vocabulary in a language sample such as an essay or spoken response. In language …

Frequency is often the only variable considered when researchers or teachers develop
vocabulary materials for second language (L2) learners. However, researchers have also …

Lexical sophistication has been an important indicator of productive lexical proficiency for
almost 30 years. Although lexical sophistication has most often been operationalized as the …

This paper investigates the relationship between lexical richness and EFL expository writing
quality and examines the predictability of lexical richness indices to EFL expository writing …

The measurement of second language (L2) productive lexical proficiency has driven a great
deal of research over the past two decades. Research has indicated that more proficient …

The purpose of the study was to assess the volume of academic vocabulary in elementary
grades disciplinary textbooks. Academic vocabulary was examined in a corpus of best …

Evaluating students' textual response is a common and critical task in language research
and education practice. However, manual assessment can be tedious and may lack …

Lexical items that are encountered more frequently and in varying contexts have important
effects on second language (L2) development because frequent and contextually diverse …

Productive lexical proficiency is an important indicator of judgments of speaking and writing
quality (Kyle & Crossley, 2015; Laufer & Nation, 1995). Productive lexical proficiency is often …