This study intends to investigate the effects of receptive vocabulary breadth and depth on listening comprehension by college students. The experimental results indicate that both the breadth and depth have a signific...This study intends to investigate the effects of receptive vocabulary breadth and depth on listening comprehension by college students. The experimental results indicate that both the breadth and depth have a significant correlation with listening comprehension; vocabulary breadth contributes more to EFL learners' listening comprehension. The findings of this study give pedagogical implications for the teaching of listening in China.展开更多
基金funded by the Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of Yunnan Province(No.YB2013072)
文摘This study intends to investigate the effects of receptive vocabulary breadth and depth on listening comprehension by college students. The experimental results indicate that both the breadth and depth have a significant correlation with listening comprehension; vocabulary breadth contributes more to EFL learners' listening comprehension. The findings of this study give pedagogical implications for the teaching of listening in China.