Kamariah Yunus|Mahani Mohamad|Bordin Waelateh
THE BREADTH OF RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE AMONG ENGLISH MAJOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Sultan Zainal Abidin University|Prince of Songkla University
vocabulary knowledge key component literacy skills well development communication deemed important students succeed university gaining adequate receptive vocabulary knowledge would enhance university students comprehension academic texts descriptive study aims investigate receptive vocabulary knowledge among english major university students malaysia thailand sample comprises 80 english major students universiti sultan zainal abidin unisza malaysia 86 english major students prince songkla university psu thailand vocabulary size test vst adopted nation beglar employed gather primary data respondents receptive vocabulary knowledge statistical package social sciences spss version 210 used data analysis results showed average unisza students higher vst score 4464 compared psu students 2092 higher average score gained unisza students mainly due early exposure formal english education schools study recommends preparing students explicit academic vocabulary instruction particularly beginning semester english programme meet academic professional needs english major students future keywords receptive vocabulary productive vocabulary vocabulary size test vst breadth vocabulary knowledge depth vocabulary knowledgecite yunus k mohamad amp waelateh b 2016 breadth receptive vocabulary knowledge among english major university students journal nusantara studies 11 717