Review paper
Learning Words from Context
Abstract
SCHOOL CHILDREN appear to increase their vocabularies by thousands of words per year. Many have hypothesized that a large proportion of this growth occurs through incidental learning from written context. However, experimental research has until now failed to provide unequivocal support of this hypothesis. The present study attempted to determine whether students do acquire measurable knowledge about unfamiliar words while reading natural text....
Paper Details
Title
Learning Words from Context
Published Date
Jan 1, 1985
Journal
Volume
20
Issue
2
Pages
233 - 233
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