词汇广度与深度对英语专业学生阅读的影响

The Difference between the Effects of Vocabulary Depth and Those of Vocabulary Size on Reading Comprehension

主要考查词汇量(词汇广度)、词汇知识深度及其各个方面对英语专业学生阅读理解的不同影响。在回顾本领域的相关理论及研究之后,通过实证研究,对146名英语专业二年级的学生进行词汇量和词汇知识深度的测试。两次测试结果与一份专四阅读考试成绩用SPSS进行相关性分析。研究结果表明:词汇量与词汇深度都与阅读理解高度正相关,但词汇量对阅读的影响更大。

This article investigates the different effects of vocabulary size and those of depth of vocabulary knowledge on reading proficiency. It first reviews some relevant theories and studies in this field. Then the author carries out an empirical study to investigate the vocabulary size and vocabulary depth of 146 second-year English-major students. The scores of these two tests are compared with the score of the ＂Reading Comprehension＂ section from TEM-4. The results of the study reveal that both vocabulary size and vocabulary depth are highly and positively correlated with reading proficiency, but vocabulary size is more conducive to reading proficiency.