چکیده:
This study explored the relationship between EFL learners’ vocabulary size,
lexical coverage of the text and reading comprehension texts (narrative &
argumentative genres). To this end, 120 male and female out of 180 students
studying at Talesh Azad University were selected based on their performance on
the Nelson Proficiency Test. A Nelson reading proficiency test was also
administered in order to check the homogeneity of the learners in their reading
proficiency. After that, the researcher administered reading comprehension tests
with narrative and argumentative genres in order to find the lexical coverage and
vocabulary size for such reading tests. Learners' Vocabulary size was measured
by the Levels Test, while their lexical coverage was measured by the newest
version of Vocabulary Profile. In order to probe any significant relationship
between the variables of the study, Pearson Correlation was run. Results of the
study showed that there was a strong relationship among vocabulary size, text
coverage, and reading comprehension test at different genres.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The Relationship between Iranian EFL Learners' Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Size and Lexical Coverage of the Text: The Case of Narrative and Argumentative Genres Nader Assadi Aidinlou 1, Mitra Taghinezhad Vaskehmahalleh 2* 1, 2.
10 Abstract This study explored the relationship between EFL learners’ vocabulary size, lexical coverage of the text and reading comprehension texts (narrative & argumentative genres).
Results of the study showed that there was a strong relationship among vocabulary size, text coverage, and reading comprehension test at different genres.
This can be approached in two ways: by examining the coverage that words of different frequency levels provide to texts in representative corpora, or by testing students on text comprehension and relating different reading scores to learners’ vocabulary size.
Design The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the learners’ lexical knowledge and the other crucial factor such as text coverage, lexical size, and their reading comprehension scores at two different genres (narrative & argumentative).
Results The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between vocabulary size, lexical coverage of the text and reading comprehension at narrative and argumentative genres.
Discussion The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between text coverage, vocabulary size of the learners, and two different reading comprehension text types, namely narrative and argumentative.
As it is evident from the results, there was significant relationship in the scores of the participants in the reading comprehension test with their vocabulary size and lexical coverage of the text.