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Chinese L2 Learners' Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge and Its Role in Reading Comprehension

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Zhang, Dongbo; Yang, Xuexue – Foreign Language Annals, 2016

Using a Chinese Word Associates Test (WAT-C), this study examined the vocabulary depth of second language learners of Chinese and its contribution to the learners' reading comprehension. Results showed no significant effects of word frequency, word class (i.e., adjectives vs. verbs), and type of association relationships (i.e., paradigmatic vs.…

Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Processes

Vocabulary Instruction: What L2 Can Learn from L1.

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Hague, Sally A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987

Summarizes five theories explaining the relationship between word knowledge and comprehension of text in native language acquisition and explores possible implications for second language researchers and practitioners. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Associative Learning, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Learning Processes