Vocabulary and Grammar Knowledge in Second Language Reading Comprehension: A Structural Equation Modeling Study
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Article
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Author(s) |
ZHANG, DONGBO (Author)
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Title:
The Modern language Journal
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Volume/ Issue No.: 2012/WINTER V.96 N.4
Call No.:400.5 MLJ Location: Periodicals & References Hall - 2nd floor
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Physical Description |
p558–575
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Subject Area/ Descriptors |
Languages
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Abstract |
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)...
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Issu: 2012/WINTER V.96 N.4
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