Vocabulary, text coverage, word frequency and the lexical threshold in elementary school reading comprehension
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Abstract Vocabulary knowledge is one of the most important elements reading comprehension. Text coverage proportion known words in a given text. We hypothesize that text comprehension increases exponentially with due to network effects and activation prior knowledge. In addition, lexical threshold hypothesis states faster above certain amount coverage. The exponential relationship between comprehension, as well threshold, are at heart theory great interest for optimizing language instruction. this study, we first used vocabulary estimate based on test scores from N = 924 German fourth graders. Second, compared linear non-linear models explain Third, broken-line regression threshold. results showed an Moreover, explained better than knowledge, increased more quickly 56% From instructional perspective, suggest activities below too difficult readers likely inappropriate purposes. Further applications results, such standard setting readability analyses, discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Reading and Writing
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1573-0905', '0922-4777']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10385-0