Tests for other languages

Here you will find a list of tests developed for different languages. First, LexTALE was developed, which was intended for advanced English learners. Following the example of LexTALE, a similar test began to be developed for other languages.

You can try the LexTALE test based on English, German, Danish, and Chinese here. Finnish and Swedish language test is available here.

Read more about each language:

Amenta, S., Badan, L., & Brysbaert, M. (2021). LexITA: A Quick and Reliable Assessment Tool for Italian L2 Receptive Vocabulary Size. Applied Linguistics, 42(2), 292–314. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amaa020

Brysbaert, M. (2013). Lextale_FR A Fast, Free, and Efficient Test to Measure Language Proficiency in French. Psychologica Belgica, 53(1), 23–37. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb-53-1-23

Chan, I. L., & Chang, C. B. (2018). LEXTALE_CH: A quick, character-based proficiency test for Mandarin Chinese. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 1, 114–130. https://doi.org/DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/QDY4N

Izura, C., Cuetos, F., & Brysbaert, M. (2014). Lextale-Esp: A test to rapidly and efficiently assess the Spanish vocabulary size. Psicológica, 35(1), 49–66. https://doi.org/10.1037/t47086-000

Lee, S. T., van Heuven, W. J. B., Price, J. M., & Leong, C. X. R. (2023). LexMAL: A quick and reliable lexical test for Malay speakers. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02202-5

Lemhöfer, K., & Broersma, M. (2012). Introducing LexTALE: A quick and valid Lexical Test for Advanced Learners of English. Behavior Research Methods, 44(2), 325–343. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-011-0146-0

Salmela, R., Lehtonen, M., Garusi, S., & Bertram, R. (2021). Lexize: A test to quickly assess vocabulary knowledge in Finnish. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 62(6), 806–819. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12768

Wen, Y., Qiu, Y., Leong, C. X. R., & van Heuven, W. J. B. (2024). LexCHI: A quick lexical test for estimating language proficiency in Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 56(3), 2333–2352. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02151-z

Zhou, C., & Li, X. (2022). LextPT: A reliable and efficient vocabulary size test for L2 Portuguese proficiency. Behavior Research Methods, 54(6), 2625–2639. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01731-1