| Popis: |
Hu and Nation’s (2000) study, which stipulated that second language (L2) readers need to be familiar with 98% of lexical items for adequate text comprehension, has become highly influential in L2 vocabulary research and pedagogy. This research has since been the foundation for numerous lexical coverage studies (e.g. Nation, 2006; Schmitt, 2010). However, the 98% critical threshold figure is based on findings from a research project in which a regression analysis was conducted with 66 university students in New Zealand. The present study replicates Hu and Nation’s research in a context different from a typical Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) context with a sample of 105 Sri Lankan adult L2 learners in a non-academic context. They will each take two different Vocabulary Levels Tests and read one of five versions of two reading texts at different levels of density of unknown words, before answering comprehension questions. |
