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. 2021 Sep 30;12:671928. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.671928

TABLE 2.

Scoring for lexical breadth on the vocabulary knowledge task.

A. Vocabulary Breadth Scale
Scores Types of answers Examples of answers*

0 - Wrong answer - SCRUB: fall
- Gesture
- I don’t know/no response
1 - Correct/complete answer - COLLECT: bring together
- Correct answer using a form of the word to define the word (but indicating complete comprehension) - SCRUB: to scrub the floor with a brush until it’s clean
- Close/partially correct answer/incomplete explanation - SCRUB: to clean (incomplete)
- Association - COOPERATE: to be good (association)
- Correct codeswitch

B. Vocabulary Depth Scale

Scores Types of answers Examples of answers*

0 - Wrong answer DAMP: really deep
- Gesture
- Codeswitch
- I don’t know/no response
1 - Correct answer using a form of the word for definition (but indicating comprehension) - SCRUB: He scrubbed the stain with a sponge
- Close/partially correct answer/incomplete explanation - SCRUB: to clean (incomplete answer)
- Association - TREMBLING: you’re cold (association)
2 - Correct/complete answer - SCRUB: to clean hard
- COOPERATE: to work together
- TREMBLING: shaking

Target words are in all caps and italics.