RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Promoting English vocabulary research in primary and secondary education: test review and test selection criteria A1 Jiménez Catalán, Rosa María A1 Moreno Espinosa, Soraya A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid K1 Filología Inglesa AB This article intends lo fill a gap regarding critical discussions about the suitability of available tests lo investigate learners' vocabulary in the context of English language teaching in Spanish Primary and Secondary schools. With this purpose in mind, we set out lo compile, classify, and compare a sample of representative tests spread in English as an additional language research of the last two decades. Then we tentatively propose a practical evaluation that pays attention lo different aspects such as the number and nature of dimensions of lexical competence measured by the test, the adequacy of the test for learners of particular ages, test practicability concerning its administration and its test validity and reliability. We end the article with an application of these preliminary criteria lo the evaluation of the Vocabulary Levels Test, a well known test in English vocabulary research. SN 0210-9689 YR 2005 FD 2005 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17320 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/17320 LA spa NO ES: Revista de filología inglesa, 2005, N.26, pags.171-188 DS UVaDOC RD 09-nov-2024