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Kan, Rachel T. Y.; Murphy, Victoria A. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
Vocabulary plays an important role in reading comprehension in both the L1 and the L2 (Murphy, 2018). In measuring vocabulary knowledge, however, researchers typically focus on mono-lexical units where vocabulary assessments tend not to take into account multi-word expressions which include phrasal verbs, collocations, and idioms. Omitting these…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction