The Predictor Factor of Reading Comprehension Performance in English as a Foreign Language: Breadth or Depth
The Predictor Factor of Reading Comprehension Performance in English as a Foreign Language: Breadth or Depth
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英语作为外语阅读理解表现的预测因素：广度还是深度
DOI：
10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.2n.2p.179
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2013
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Salah Alyami
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Shima Kameli;Ghazali Mustapha;Salah Alyami
本研究探讨了词汇广度/词汇量、词汇知识的深度/质量与英语作为外语的阅读理解之间的关系。本研究的主要目的是探讨词汇知识深度/质量与阅读理解成绩之间的关系。本研究还试图找出词汇知识的哪些方面，广度/量或深度/质，对英语学习者的阅读理解成绩有更大的影响。词汇水平测试（VLT），词汇联想测试（WAT）和阅读理解测试（IELTS）已经在所有的受访者中进行了管理。研究对象为220名在伊朗设拉子BAHAR学院学习高级英语的成年男女英语学习者。结果表明：1）词汇量/广度、词汇知识的深度/质量和阅读理解的测试成绩呈正相关; 2）词汇量/广度比词汇知识的深度/质量更能预测阅读理解。
The present study explored the association among vocabulary breadth/size, depth/quality of vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension in English as a foreign language. The main intention of this research was to explore the association of vocabulary knowledge depth/quality and reading comprehension performance. This study was also intended to find out which aspects of vocabulary knowledge, breadth/size or depth/quality, has more significant association with determining EFL learners’ reading comprehension performance. The Vocabulary Level Test (VLT), Word Associates Test (WAT), and Reading Comprehension test (IELTS) have been administered among all the respondents. The participants were 220 adult male and female EFL learners who were learning English in advanced level in BAHAR institute, Shiraz, Iran. The findings revealed that 1) test scores on vocabulary size/ breadth, depth/ quality of vocabulary knowledge, and reading comprehension were positively correlated, 2) vocabulary size/ breadth was a stronger predictor of reading comprehension than depth/ Quality of vocabulary knowledge.