This paper presents a study of the effect of exposure to meanings of unknown vocabulary on reading comprehension in the target language (in this case, English). The subjects are 30 second-year Chinese college students...This paper presents a study of the effect of exposure to meanings of unknown vocabulary on reading comprehension in the target language (in this case, English). The subjects are 30 second-year Chinese college students. The results illustrate that the subjects' being exposed to the meanings of unknown words in a passage does exert a significant effect on their reading comprehension in the target language.展开更多
文摘This paper presents a study of the effect of exposure to meanings of unknown vocabulary on reading comprehension in the target language (in this case, English). The subjects are 30 second-year Chinese college students. The results illustrate that the subjects' being exposed to the meanings of unknown words in a passage does exert a significant effect on their reading comprehension in the target language.