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Publication details [#39319]

Gardner, Dee. 2004. Vocabulary Input through Extensive Reading: A Comparison of Words Found in Children's Narrative and Expository Reading Materials. Applied Linguistics 25 (1) : 1–37.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child | narrative | reading | school | vocabulary growth

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This study examines how the lexical differences between narrative and expository reading materials used in upper-elementary education, could affect children's potential vocabulary acquisition via reading.