Research Article
A Study on the Relationship between English Reading Comprehension and English Vocabulary Knowledge
Table 4
Correlations between the scores on the four subcomponents and the scores on reading comprehension ( = 124).
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Note. RC = reading comprehension operationally defined by the total score of the CPET. VS = vocabulary size operationally defined by the total score of the VLS. AK = word association knowledge operationally defined by the total score of the DVK association items. CK = collocation knowledge operationally defined by the total score of the DVK collocation items. MK = morphological knowledge operationally defined by the total score on the MST, including two subtests: Syncat-real test and Relational test. SYN = the total score of the Syncat-real test. REL = the total score of the Relational test. MO = motivation operationally defined by the total score of the LLOS. SE = self-efficacy operationally defined by the total score of the MSLQ. P < .05. P < .01. |