The Effects of Topic Familiarity and Passage Sight Vocabulary on L2 Lexical Inferencing and Retention through Reading

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The effects of word exposure frequency and elaboration of word processing on incidental L2 vocabulary acquisition through reading (2012, background): “As studies on incidental word learning and word inferencing strategies suggest (Nassaji, 2006; Pulido, 2003, 2007), one of these variables may be the kind and amount of attention an unfamiliar word receives, and how intensively the reader engages in establishing form–meaning relationships.”
Lexical threshold revisited: Lexical text coverage, learners’ vocabulary size and reading comprehension (2010, background): “Hence, a large sight vocabulary contributes to reading fluency and frees cognitive effort for higher level reading processes that is engaging with comprehending the text content and its implications (Mezynski, 1983; Pulido, 2007; Segalowitz, 2007).”
Computer-mediated glosses in second language reading comprehension and vocabulary learning: A meta-analysis (2008, background): “(1) learners’ L2 proficiency (Bengeleil & Paribahkt, 2004); (2) learners’ use of appropriate guessing strategies (Nassaji, 2003); (3) the number of times unknown words occur in a text (Rott, 1999; Webb, 2007); (4) learners’ current level of L2 vocabulary knowledge (Laufer, 1997; Nation, 2001; Nassaj”