This study explores whether the presence of phrasal verbs in reading texts affects the reading recalls of EFL learners, and whether having a large vocabulary size assists learners’ reading recall of a text with frequent occurring of phrasal verbs. Forty-five university students from North Taiwan were invited to participate in the present study. Three major instruments were used: the Vocabulary Levels Test, two reading passages, and a reading recall measure. The study was conducted over two consecutive weeks, with these three instruments of data collection implemented separately. Results indicated that the occurrence of phrasal verbs significantly hindered readers’ recall of the proposition units containing phrasal verbs, while it did not impact the recall of those units not containing phrasal verbs. This study’s second line of inquiry revealed that having increased vocabulary size did not guarantee higher competence as regards coping with phrasal verbs in reading. These findings were further extended to provide some pedagogical recommendations regarding the teaching of phrasal verbs in EFL contexts.
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ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION LITERATURE REVIEW Difficulty in Comprehending Phrasal Verbs Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge and its Impact on Lexical Inferencing in Reading Rationale for the Current Study METHOD Participants Materials Data Collection Data Analysis RESULTS Interaction of Text Versions and Reading Recalls Phrasal Verb and Breadth of Vocabulary Knowledge DISCUSSION AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS CONCLUSIONS THE AUTHOR REFERENCES APPENDIX
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breadth of vocabulary knowledgephrasal verbreading recallvocabulary size
저자
Hung-chun Wang [ Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management, Taiwan ]
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