Receptive and productive knowledge of LE vocabulary

Abstract

The present paper focuses on some aspects of the receptive and productive knowledge of the vocabulary in second language. At first, on the basis of the various definitions of these concepts that have been proposed from the specialists, it can be seen that there isn't yet a conclusive definition of the two types of lexical knowledge. Secondly, we try to lighten their relationship exposing some explanatory models of this relationship, that have been suggested since the decade of the nineties.