A Study of the Impact of Implicit and Explicit Approaches to Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition using Reading Comprehension Exercises (original) (raw)

In his remarks about the importance of vocabulary and lexical knowledge,which have crucial roles in conveying proficient communication in the second language (ESL), Ellis (1994) claims that “the bedrock of L2 is its vocabulary”. Furthermore, Lewis (1993) notes that language consists of “grammaticalised lexis,”not “lexicalized grammar”. He means that language originally consists of lexis formulated in grammatical forms and plays a central and main part in achieving effective communication and fluency. One the one side, Nation (2001) adds that attention to vocabulary is unavoidable. Thus; he reflects the inevitable pervasiveness and domination of vocabulary concentration as a main pillar in language production and the creation of corpora. It follows that we can't build vocabulary without reading. In addition, we cannot meet our friends if we stay at home by ourselves all the time. In the same way, we cannot build up vocabulary if we never meet any new words, expressions, idioms, a...