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The Role of Vocabulary in Reading Comprehension: The Case of Secondary School Students Learning English in Singapore
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Jun Zhang, Lawrence; Bin Anual, Suaini – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2008
The crucial role of vocabulary knowledge in reading comprehension has been well recognized in first language (L1) situations and this has appeared to be true of second language (L2) settings as well. However, in relation to a sociocultural context such as Singapore, where English is designated as an L1 in the school curriculum but the majority of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Language of Instruction