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Peer reviewedSwanborn, M. S. L.; de Glopper, K. – Language Learning, 2002
Examined how reading texts for different purposes affected amounts of incidental word learning. Grade 6 students were asked to read texts for fun, to learn about the topic of the text, and for text comprehension. Level of reading ability was a significant factor in all conditions. Low ability readers learned hardly any words incidentally;…
Descriptors: Dutch, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
