Direct Vocabulary Instruction in Kindergarten: Teaching for Breadth versus Depth

Direct Vocabulary Instruction in Kindergarten: Teaching for Breadth versus Depth

Breadth or Depth: The Role of Vocabulary Knowledge in Iranian EAP Students’ Reading Comprehension Performance

Two main features of vocabulary knowledge, namely breadth and depth, have a fundamental role in vocabulary research. This research aimed to study the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension, and to investigate which feature of vocabulary knowledge, breadth or depth, had better impact on identifying reading comprehension performance. Therefore, three language tests we...

The Breadth versus Depth : Dilemma of G

Space is a common concept: widely used in everyday life. No particular discipline has a monopoly on its use. The same is true to a lesser extent for computers. The combination causes problems. Universities and professions thrive on dividing knowledge into compartments, which then need to co-operate in regions of overlap. The maximum confusion can be created where the subject is of wide interest...

Investigating Engineering Students’ Academic Reading Comprehension: The Contribution of Attitude, Breadth and Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge

The objectives of this study were to investigate Engineering students’ attitudes and problems in academic reading comprehension and to determine the contribution of academic reading attitude, breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge to academic reading comprehension. The participants were 122 undergraduate students of Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology. The Vocabulary Lev...

Exploring Depth Versus Breadth in Knowledge Management Strategies