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What is Degrees of Word Meaning (DWM)

Chapter 21
Handbook of Research on Web 2.0 and Second Language Learning
TASA has designed and used tests of vocabulary in context called Degrees of Word Meaning (DWM). This vocabulary level testing scheme provides a brief Conversion Table, which helps teachers convert these DWM vocabulary level scores into an estimated size of students’ reading vocabularies. Degrees of Word Meaning scores range from 850 (the equivalent to knowing over 157,000 words), to less than 300 (indicating that such a test taker knows 100 or fewer English words). Their products for educational assessment are include tests as well as online programs and steps for estimating both reading levels and readability of any text or book.
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Improving Online Readability in a Web 2.0 Context
John Paul Loucky (Seinan Jogakuin University, Japan)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-190-2.ch021
Abstract
This study describes a task-based assessment (TBA) approach to teaching reading and writing online. It then analyzes key factors emerging from the results of implementing this approach with graduate engineering students in Japan. It is argued that these factors should be considered when designing or assessing any online reading or writing course for ESL/EFL students. The findings of this study are especially relevant to task-based approaches and technical or pedagogical innovations which can help foster more effective and enjoyable learning for teachers and students in blended learning environments. It is hoped that this discussion can serve as a model of what can be done to enhance online EAP/ESP/ETP courses, as well as any other online reading or writing course being designed for speakers and readers of languages other than English. The goal in this chapter is to summarize research aimed at integrating some of the most useful Web sites for English language learning into a user-friendly system for optimal online vocabulary development — which could be self-monitored by students as well as tracked by teachers via a course management system.
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