that a second language reader needs to know 98% of the
words in a text in order to be able to read it unassisted
(i.e., without the aid of a dictionary or other resource)
and to effectively guess the meanings of unknown
words from context. This means that second language
learners can normally succeed in navigating passages
containing 1 unknown word in 50.
Nation (2006) verified the above findings and
determined that a vocabulary base of 8000-9000 word
families is typically necessary for comprehension of
written text such as a novel or newspaper. These
statistics, though daunting, clearly portray the enormous
task that lies before second language readers. The reality
is that teachers simply cannot directly teach all of the
words that their second language students need to
master in order to become proficient readers.
An additional consideration is that word knowledge
is complex, multi-faceted, and incremental; thus, depth
of understanding unfolds over time (Nagy & Scott,
that a second language reader needs to know 98% of thewords in a text in order to be able to read it unassisted(i.e., without the aid of a dictionary or other resource)and to effectively guess the meanings of unknownwords from context. This means that second languagelearners can normally succeed in navigating passagescontaining 1 unknown word in 50.Nation (2006) verified the above findings anddetermined that a vocabulary base of 8000-9000 wordfamilies is typically necessary for comprehension ofwritten text such as a novel or newspaper. Thesestatistics, though daunting, clearly portray the enormoustask that lies before second language readers. The realityis that teachers simply cannot directly teach all of thewords that their second language students need tomaster in order to become proficient readers.An additional consideration is that word knowledgeis complex, multi-faceted, and incremental; thus, depthof understanding unfolds over time (Nagy & Scott,
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