Why not we explicitly focus on learning vocabulary? We as teacher candidate prepare specific vocabulary activities for the class so that we increase their vocabulary capacity. The more they learn new words and get habit to use them in their lives the better they can adjust their use of vocabulary in an appropriate way. Decontextualization of vocabulary is may not possible every time because there will be the words that they can't figure out just by looking at once so they will need the context.
I think the native speakers are the ones that make the language in a full sense to live can score better results from such a test. This is in my opinion because the fact that native speakers are born in that language so it will be more easy to figure out the words whether can be used frequently or not. I think it depends on how much you are exposed to the use of the words. Being native or non-native is not the representation of how much you are talented in guessing the most frequently used words.
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