incidental vocabulary learning through comprehension-focused reading of short stories*

Incidental Vocabulary Learning Through Comprehension-Focused Reading of Short Stories*

This study investigated the amount of incidental vocabulary learning through comprehension-focused reading of short stories and explicit instruction to this goal.  Forty male high school students were selected randomly, and divided into two groups of twenty.  One group of these students was given five 400-word-level short stories to read with the purpose of comprehension, and the students in th...

intentional and incidental vocabulary learning through listening comprehension

یکی از مسایل مهم در یادگیری زبان ، یادگیری لغت است. هدف این تحقیق ، بررسی یاد گیری شیوه های مستقیم و غیر مستقیم فراگیری لغت درفرایند شنیداری زبان است و اینکه کدامیک از آنها برای بهبود و تسهیل یادگیری واژگان زبان آموزان سطح متوسطه موثرترند.این تحقیق تفاوت بین تاثیر فراگیری مستقیم و غیر مستقیم لغت در فرایند شنیداری زبان در کوتاه مدت را بررسی می کند ، سپس تفاوت بین تاثیر یادگیری مستقیم و غیر مستقی...

Psycholinguistic Ambiance of Short Stories in Enhancing Students’ Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Power

Abstract The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of short stories on students’ reading comprehension, vocabulary power and attitude towards the skill and the new instructional materials. The participants of the study were 120 grade 9 students of Dilla Secondary and preparatory school. In order to gather data for the study, pre- and posttest of reading comprehension, pre and ...

Psycholinguistic Ambiance of Short Stories in Enhancing Students’ Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Power

Abstract The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of short stories on students’ reading comprehension, vocabulary power and attitude towards the skill and the new instructional materials. The participants of the study were 120 grade 9 students of Dilla Secondary and preparatory school. In order to gather data for the study, pre- and posttest of reading comprehension, pre and ...

The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising

The present study examines the role of gender in reading comprehension of short stories taught through awareness-raising among Iranian EFL learners. In so doing, twelve male and eighteen female learners with lower intermediate English proficiency were selected as the research sample. Next, they were randomly divided into two fifteen-member groups (i.e., a control group and an experimental group...

Running head : LEARNING VOCABULARY THROUGH READING Learning Vocabulary through Reading