Reexamining the relationship between coverage and reading comprehension with a meaning-recall vocabulary measure

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The purpose of this kaken is to replicate a well-known study on the relationship between the % of words known in a text and reading comprehension, but with lexis tested to the level of meaning-recall (i.e., via an L2-L1 translation task; MR). In 2022, we created and piloted a website to test MR knowledge at different levels of contextualization. We conducted two studies comparing several MR test formats to determine which to use for the main study. No previous research has made this kind of comparison. We have made 3 conference presentations, been invited to a 4th, and submitted 3 manuscripts for publication on this work. We also piloted reading comprehension and vocabulary tests for the main study with learners in Vietnam, China, and Japan.