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ERIC Number: EJ652248
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
Investigating the Relationship between Vocabulary Knowledge and Academic Reading Performance: An Assessment Perspective.
Qian, David D.
Language Learning, v52 n3 p513-36 Sep 2002
This study was conducted in the context of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) research to conceptually validate the roles of breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge in reading comprehension in academic settings and to empirically evaluate a test measuring three elements of the depth dimension of vocabulary knowledge, including, synonymy, polysemy, and collocation. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Tests, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Testing, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Test of English as a Foreign Language