摘要：AbstractLearning vocabulary and promoting the vocabulary knowledge has always been an important issue for the learners of English as a second or foreign language; this is also the case for EAP students who are in the state of studying General English and those who develop materials for the named students. The present study aimed at measuring the vocabulary knowledge of the undergraduate students from three faculties (Engineering, Sciences, and Humanities) at the University of Kashan. The instruments used for this study were a Receptive Vocabulary Levels Test Version B (originally developed by Nation (1983)) and observation. The results showed that the overall vocabulary knowledge of the undergraduate students from these faculties was not the one considered acceptable for an EAP undergraduate student since compared to the perfect score for the Receptive Vocabulary Levels Test Version B, the scores these students obtained were much lower; also there was a difference among the vocabulary knowledge of the undergraduate students belonging to different faculties. In other words, the EAP undergraduates of Engineering Faculty achieved the highest score while the EAP undergraduates of Sciences achieved the lowest and those of Humanities Faculty had a place in the middle. The results of the present study can be applied by textbook writers to develop the General English textbooks with the vocabulary words which are really essential for the students.
关键词：EAP;Vocabulary Knowledge;Undergraduate students;Assessment;General English
