This paper is based on a study that used a quantitative method research design to investigate the impact of English academic vocabulary on the reading comprehension ability of Grade 11 English First Additional Language (EFAL) learners in the Fezile Dabi ...
Kufakunesu Zano, Nkidi Caroline Phatudi
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This study investigates the idea that knowledge of specialist subject vocabulary can make a significant and measurable impact on academic performance, separate from and additional to the impact of general and academic vocabulary knowledge.
Ahmed Masrai +3 more
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Exploring differences in vocabulary knowledge of semi-urban ESL undergraduate students
This study explored the differences in receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge in terms of word frequency level and vocabulary size in undergraduate learners of English as a Second Language (ESL).
Doddapaneni Anil Kumar +1 more
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Analyzing the Vocabulary Tasks of Persian Writing Textbooks Used at Primary Schools (4th, 5th, and 6th Grades) Based on Lexical Knowledge [PDF]
This paper attempted to study the vocabulary tasks of Persian writing textbooks used at primary schools (4th, 5th and 6th grades) based on lexical knowledge taxonomy. The research method of this paper is descriptive-analytic.
Abdolhossein Heydari
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Going beyond defining: Preschool educators\u27 use of knowledge in their pedagogical reasoning about vocabulary instruction [PDF]
Previous research investigating both the knowledge of early childhood educators and the support for vocabulary development present in early childhood settings has indicated that both educator knowledge and enacted practice are less than optimal, which ...
Bowman B. T. +16 more
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The Impact of Morphological Awareness on Vocabulary Knowledge of Advanced Chinese EFL Learners
The study explored the inter- and intra-relationship between two multi-dimensional constructs, morphology and vocabulary. Fifty five senior students from a Chinese university majoring in English were assessed on five variables: compounding knowledge ...
Xu Bian, Jin’e He
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What affects second language vocabulary learning? Evidence from multivariate analysis
IntroductionVocabulary acquisition is crucial in second language (L2) learning and can be affected by multi-variables. The fact that all these variables have typically been investigated separately (or, at best, in pairs) potentially obscures important ...
Danning Sun, Zihan Chen, Shanhua Zhu
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Conceptualizing L2 vocabulary knowledge
AbstractThe multidimensional conceptualization of vocabulary knowledge has been extraordinarily influential in lexical research. Yet, the few studies that have empirically explored the structure of word knowledge conflict regarding its multidimensionality.
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The Relationship Between Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Their Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge [PDF]
onsidering the appreciated role that lexis plays in learning an additional language, research studies addressing vocabulary knowledge have attracted the attention of language teachers and researchers.
Roqaye Oladini +2 more
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Implicit and explicit knowledge: One representational medium or many? [PDF]
In Dienes & Perner’s analysis, implicitly represented knowledge differs from explicitly represented knowledge only in the attribution of properties to specific events and to self-awareness of the knower.
Hampton, J. A.
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