The Partial-Precise Knowledge Dimension
A number of quantative studies such as vocabulary size or breadth and different types of
achievements tests define vocabulary knowledge as precise understanding (Hazenburg and
Hulstin, 1996)). To know a vocabulary item is defined as the ability to translate the vocabulary
item into the first language, to discover the correct definition in a multiple-choice task, or to
paraphrase it in the target language (Hulstin, 1996). In a study of teaching methods Merry (1980)
asked the informants to match L1 words with L2 words.