Commentary: Can Free Reading Take You All the Way? A Response to Cobb (2007).
Language, Learning & Technology 2008, Feb, 12, 1
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Publisher Description
Cobb (2007) argues that free reading cannot provide L2 readers with sufficient opportunities for acquiring vocabulary in order to reach an adequate level of reading comprehension of English texts. In this paper, we argue that (1) Cobb severely underestimates the amount of reading even a very modest reading habit would afford L2 readers, and therefore underestimates the impact of free reading on L2 vocabulary development; and (2) Cobb's data show that free reading is in fact a very powerful tool in vocabulary acquisition. COBB'S CLAIM: FREE READING IS NOT SUFFICIENT
GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2008
1 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
9
Pages
PUBLISHER
University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center
SIZE
255.8
KB
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