Exploring Links Between Aural Lexical Knowledge and <scp>L2</scp> Listening in Arabic and Japanese Speakers: A Close Replication of Cheng, Matthews, Lange and <scp>McLean</scp> (2022)

Aural lexical knowledge (ALK) is crucial for second language (L2) listening. Despite its importance, there scant research that has validly explored the relationship between ALK and L2 listening across different English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. In an effort to broaden this base, current study closely replicates previous study, Cheng et al. (2022), which measured single-word ALK, phrasal verb comprehension among participants with Chinese first (L1). The administered same instruments but did so 147 Japanese 131 Arabic-speaking learners. Results indicated capacity of predict variance in group (R2 = .38) was similar observed original .42). However, results were very showed unexpectedly strong .92). Future directions pedagogical implications are discussed.