Assessing vocabulary size in Malaysian preschoolers: insights from the Malaysian English cross-linguistic lexical task and parents of multilingual children questionnaire

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Assessing vocabulary size in Malaysian preschoolers: insights from the Malaysian English cross-linguistic lexical task and parents of multilingual children questionnaire

This paper introduces the first freely available Malaysian English vocabulary size assessment for 4- to 6-year-old Malaysian children: the newly developed Malaysian English Cross-linguistic Lexical Task (MECLT). Using MECLT scores to measure vocabulary development, the study further explores the eff...

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Main Authors:	Lew, Joe W., Łuniewska, Magdalena, Lee, Soon Tat, Yap, Ngee Thai
Format:	Article
Published:	Routledge 2025
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/119183/

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