Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Research on vocabulary acquisition from reading has shown that both first and second language learners can gain some vocabulary knowledge through reading. Apart from conducting new studies, one of the ways of investigating a particular phenomenon and creating stronger grounds for certain claims is by replicating previous studies. The aim of this study is to replicate the study on vocabulary acquisition through reading conducted by Zahar et al. (2001). The results show that the participants were able to learn the meaning of 3.02 words or 25.98% of the previously unknown words, which is a little bit higher than the results in the original study. The study found similar relationship between the learning gain scores and the participants’ vocabulary sizes, but different effects of word frequency for the participants with the smallest vocabulary sizes.
Author: Daskalovska, Nina
Institution: Goce Delcev University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2166595888