The results showed that reading environment did appear to affect learners‘
strategies for coping with unknown words, but the effect was not substantial. The learners
employed more strategies in computer-based texts (CBT) than in print-based texts (PBT).
In terms of the learners‘ levels of vocabulary knowledge, the advanced group was
influenced by the effect of reading environment more than the other two groups
(intermediate and low). Although the effect of reading environment was almost negligible
in the low group, the frequency of strategies employed by this group was far greater than
the other two groups.