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Publication type: Article
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Vocabulary and Grammar Knowledge in Second Language Reading Comprehension: A Structural Equation Modeling Study
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| Author(s): |
ZHANG,DONGBO
(Author)
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| Source Journal Info. |
Title:The Modern language Journal
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Issue Number:2012/WINTER V.96 N.4
Call No.:400.5 MLJ
Location: References & Periodical Hall - 2nd floor
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| Physical Description: |
p558–575
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| Subject Area: |
Languages
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| Subject Terms: |
Languages, Modern
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| Accession Number |
119075
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Abstract
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Using structural equation modeling analysis, this study examined the contribution of vocabulary and grammatical knowledge to second language reading comprehension among 190 advanced Chinese English as a foreign language learners. Vocabulary knowledge was measured in both breadth (Vocabulary Levels Test) and depth (Word Associates Test); grammatical measures focused on learners' implicit (timed grammaticality judgment task) ...
Abstract URL:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4781.2012.01398.x/abstract
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