"Vocabulary knowledge enables language use,
language use enables the increase of vocabulary knowledge,
knowledge of the world enables the increase of vocabulary knowledge and language use and so on"
Nation, I.S.P. (1993b). Vocabulary size, growth and use. In The Bilingual Lexicon. Eds. R. Schreuder and B. Weltens, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, pp. 115-134.
Since a number of words in English are used frequently, an ESL/EFL learner could learn these words to start understanding spoken and simple written texts better. Many of these words are content words and knowing them by heart will account for a fairly good degree of comprehension of a simple text.
language use enables the increase of vocabulary knowledge,
knowledge of the world enables the increase of vocabulary knowledge and language use and so on"
Nation, I.S.P. (1993b). Vocabulary size, growth and use. In The Bilingual Lexicon. Eds. R. Schreuder and B. Weltens, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, pp. 115-134.
Since a number of words in English are used frequently, an ESL/EFL learner could learn these words to start understanding spoken and simple written texts better. Many of these words are content words and knowing them by heart will account for a fairly good degree of comprehension of a simple text.
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