The Relationship among Vocabulary Size, Grammar Proficiency, and Critical Thinking Skills of Adult Language Learners

Autor/inn/en	Ünaldi, Ihsan; Yüce, Erkan
Titel	The Relationship among Vocabulary Size, Grammar Proficiency, and Critical Thinking Skills of Adult Language Learners
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 32 (2021) 2, S.70-78 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ünaldi, Ihsan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
DOI	10.1177/1045159520959473
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Vocabulary Development; Grammar; Language Proficiency; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Young Adults; College Students; Public Colleges; Measures (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Turkey; California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Wortschatzarbeit; Grammatik; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Collegestudent; Messdaten; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This study aims to determine the possible relationships among foreign language vocabulary size, foreign language grammar proficiency, and critical thinking skills. To this end, 126 adult language learners were examined in terms of vocabulary size, grammar proficiency, and critical thinking skills. The results revealed that participants' grammar proficiency levels and their vocabulary size scores correlated significantly with certain aspects of critical thinking skills. However, unlike their vocabulary size scores, grammar proficiency level scores of the participants correlated significantly with their overall critical thinking skills scores. These results will be discussed in relation to adult language learners. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01