CONSTRAINTS IN ASSESSING THE LEXICAL COMPETENCE OF L2 LEARNERS: AN ANALYSIS OF DIMENSIONAL APPROACH

Lexical competence is regarded as multifaceted due to its incremental nature and multidimensionality. Assessing lexical competence is always considered as a difficult task as one has to master various types of word knowledge. In this paper, detailed analysis of a three-dimensional model of lexical competence is discussed to suggest the vocabulary framework for assessing the lexical competence. As a result, the Partial-Precise Knowledge, the Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge and the Receptive-Productive knowledge is identified as the dimensions for assessing the lexical competence of the L2 learners.