This study explored the effect of English language learners’ breadth and depth vocabulary knowledge on their understanding grades reading texts. Sixty-one Jordanian EFL undergraduates were assigned three tests, which Vocabulary Levels Test Version 2 (VLT), Word Associates (WAT), Academic International Language Testing System (IELTS). The collected data was analysed utilizing Pearson correlation...

The  major  aim  of  this  paper  was  to  investigate  the  validity  of  language  and intelligence  factors  for  classifying  Iranian  English  learners`  writing  performance. Iranian  participants  of  the  study  took  three  tests  for  grammar,  breadth,  and  depth  of vocabulary, and two tests for verbal and narrative intelligence. They also produced a corpus  of  argumentative  writ...

Background In countries with German as an official language, children a second language perform overall worse in school than their native speaking peers. This particularly affects written skills, which require advanced knowledge. The reasons are manifold, but one is prominent, namely poor vocabulary Vocabulary, however, consists not only of the number known words also complex and hitherto under...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role breadth and depth vocabulary knowledge in reading comprehension at Debre Markos University. A quantitative approach taken gather analyze data. Out 235 students learning college, 61 samples were randomly. To their breadth, Vocabulary Levels Test (VLT) employed. Depth Knowledge (DVK) test utilized knowledge. section English as a Foreign Langua...

With respect to reading vocabulary knowledge and deafness, this article addresses two broad questions: (1) Why is vocabulary knowledge related to reading comprehension ability? (2) How is reading vocabulary (i.e., word meanings) acquired? The article argues that the answers to these questions are best addressed by a vocabulary acquisition model labeled the knowledge model. In essence, this mode...