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2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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52
Citations
22949
World Ranking
2358
National Ranking
9

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  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Israel Leader Award
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Overview

Batia Laufer is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and has a research focus primarily on second language acquisition and learning, as well as natural language processing techniques. Their work spans multiple fields, including computer science, psychology, and the arts and humanities. Within these domains, their research notably addresses developmental and educational psychology, artificial intelligence, language and linguistics, literature and literary theory, and computational theory and mathematics.

The main topics covered by Laufer's research include second language acquisition and learning, natural language processing techniques, text readability and simplification, reading and literacy development, lexicography and language studies, as well as EFL/ESL teaching and learning, and second language learning and teaching.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laufer include:

  • Tom Cobb
  • Stuart Webb
  • Su Kyung Kim
  • Beverley Yohanan
  • Per Snoder

The scholar's research has been published in various venues, with multiple publications in TESOL Quarterly and Studies in Second Language Acquisition, as well as contributions to The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Other publication venues include Language Learning and ITL Review of Applied Linguistics.

Recent papers authored by Batia Laufer include:

  • "Lexical Coverages, Inferencing Unknown Words and Reading Comprehension: How Are They Related?" (2020), published in TESOL Quarterly
  • "How well do learners know derived words in a second language?" (2021), published in ITL Review of Applied Linguistics
  • "Understanding L2-derived words in context: Is complete receptive morphological knowledge necessary?" (2023), published in Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Other relevant works connected to Laufer's research network include "The Nuclear Word Family List: A List of the Most Frequent Family Members, Including Base and Affixed Words" (2021), published in Language Learning, and "EFL Learners' Receptive Knowledge of Derived Words: The Case of Swedish Adolescents" (2022), published in TESOL Quarterly.

Best Publications

  • INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION IN A SECOND LANGUAGE: THE CONSTRUCT OF TASK-INDUCED INVOLVEMENT

    Batia Laufer;Jan Hulstijn

  • Vocabulary size and use: lexical richness in L2 written production

    Batia Laufer;Paul Nation

  • The development of passive and active vocabulary in a second language : Same or different ?

    Batia Laufer

  • SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT LOAD HYPOTHESIS IN VOCABULARY ACQUISITION

    Jan H. Hulstijn;Batia Laufer

  • A vocabulary-size test of controlled productive ability

    Batia Laufer;Paul Nation

  • Testing Vocabulary Knowledge: Size, Strength, and Computer Adaptiveness.

    Batia Laufer;Zahava Goldstein

  • Lexical threshold revisited: Lexical text coverage, learners' vocabulary size and reading comprehension

    Batia Laufer;Geke C. Ravenhorst-Kalovski

  • The Relationship Between Passive and Active Vocabularies: Effects of LanguageLearning Context

    Batia Laufer;T. Sima Paribakht

  • Vocabulary Acquisition in a Second Language: Do Learners Really Acquire Most Vocabulary by Reading? Some Empirical Evidence

    Batia Laufer

  • Verb-Noun Collocations in Second Language Writing: A Corpus Analysis of Learners’ English

    Batia Laufer;Tina Waldman

  • Form-focused Instruction in Second Language Vocabulary Learning: A Case for Contrastive Analysis and Translation

    Batia Laufer;Nany Girsai

  • Lexical Guessing in Context in EFL Reading Comprehension.

    Marsha Bensoussan;Batia Laufer

  • How Much Lexis is Necessary for Reading Comprehension

    Batia Laufer

  • Focus on Form in Second Language Vocabulary Learning

    Batia Laufer

  • Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: The lexical plight in second language reading: Words you don't know, words you think you know, and words you can't guess

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  • Size and strength: do we need both to measure vocabulary knowledge?

    Batia Laufer;Cathie Elder;Kathryn Hill;Peter Congdon

  • What Lexical Information Do L2 Learners Select in a CALL Dictionary and How Does It Affect Word Retention

    Batia Laufer

  • Memorizing New Words: Does Teaching Have Anything To Do With It?

    Batia Laufer;Karen Shmueli

  • Assessing the Effectiveness of Monolingual, Bilingual, and “Bilingualised” Dictionaries in the Comprehension and Production of New Words

    Batia Laufer;Linor Hadar

  • Vocabulary in a Second Language Selection, acquisition, and testing

    Paul Bogaards;Batia Laufer

  • Avoidance of Phrasal Verbs—A Case for Contrastive Analysis

    Menachem Dagut;Batia Laufer

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Nation
Paul Nation Victoria University of Wellington
Jan H. Hulstijn
Jan H. Hulstijn University of Amsterdam
Stuart Webb
Stuart Webb University of Western Ontario

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