Text encounters of the frequent kind : learning L2 vocabulary through reading
It is generally believed that reading in a second language is one of the main ways learners acquire vocabulary. Increased exposure to new words in context is assumed to result in increased vocabulary knowledge. However, good experimental evidence supporting this connection is hard to come by. Most a...
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Swansea University
2001
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