Reading in a Foreign Language

Lexical threshold revisited: Lexical text coverage, learners’ vocabulary size and reading comprehension

Batia Laufer, Geke C. Ravenhorst-Kalovski · 2010 · 638 citations · Full text

Language Studies, Linguistics, Second Language Studies +17

Beyond a Clockwork Orange: Acquiring second language vocabulary through reading

Marlise Horst, Tom Cobb, Paul Meara · 1998 · 575 citations · Full text

Language Studies, Linguistics, Second Language Studies +14

Vocabulary acquisition from extensive reading: A case study

Maria Pigada, Norbert Schmitt · 2006 · 575 citations · Full text

Language Studies, French, Second Language Studies +17

At what rate do learners learn and retain new vocabulary from reading a graded reader?

Rob Waring, Misako Takaki · 2003 · 546 citations · Full text

Education, Psychology, Language Acquisition +16

Incidental vocabulary acquisition from reading, reading-while-listening, and listening to stories

Ronan Brown, Rob Waring, Sangrawee Donkaewbua · 2008 · 404 citations · Full text

Education, English, Psychology +17