Bilingual Assessment of Vocabulary at the 1000 and 2000 Word Levels

These bilingual vocabulary tests kindly made available by Paul Nation will help you to begin vocabulary data collection for your new learner of English. The use of the student's L1 is beneficial for the student in many ways. These tests are not meant to be used to assess L1 however.

• 1000 Word Level Test
• 1000 Word Level Test Guide
• 2000 Word Level Test
• 2000 Word Level Test Guide
• Chinese (simplified Chinese: PR China, Malaysia) 1000
• Chinese (simplified Chinese: PR China, Malaysia) 2000
• Chinese (traditional Chinese: Taiwan, Hong Kong) 1000
• Chinese (traditional Chinese: Taiwan, Hong Kong) 2000
• Indonesian 1000
• Indonesian 2000
• Japanese 1000
• Japanese 2000
• Korean 1000
• Korean 2000
• Samoan 1000
• Samoan 2000
• Tagalog 1000
• Tagalog 2000
• Thai 1000
• Thai 2000
• Tongan 1000
• Tongan 2000

Teacher Readings

• Vocabulary Size, Text Coverage and Word Lists
  Nation and Waring answer questions such as - How much vocabulary does a second language learner need? How should it be learned? How many words do native speakers know?

• Other Vocabulary Readings on ESOL Online (Primary)
• Other Vocabulary Readings on ESOL Online (Secondary)