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The Effectiveness of Reading in Vocabulary Learning in EFL: A Systematic Literature Review

Author(s) Truong Hoai Thuong, Mohamed Benhima
Country Morocco
Abstract The current systematic literature review (SLR) aims to explore the effectiveness of reading with regard to vocabulary learning. It addresses the gap of teaching reading among English language learners. A systematic literature review is the main methodology followed in the current study. Scopus, Google Scholar and ERICs databases are used to identify, classify and retrieve the articles based on many inclusion and exclusion criteria. The use of the keywords the effectiveness of reading on vocabulary yielded 2,543 results on Sci-Space a varying number of studies on Google Scholar, ERICs and Scopus from 2019 to 2022. Thirty-two studies were included in the current review. The inclusion criteria include recency (over the last three-five years) and relevance (related to reading, vocabulary learning and English language education). Thirty-two studies are reviewed for the current study. The exclusion criteria include recency and relevance. The results demonstrate that reading has a positive effect on the learning of English vocabulary, especially in terms of width and breadth. The potential research gaps that are identified in the current systematic literature revolve around which influences which reading or vocabulary. Most studies in the current systematic literature review demonstrated that there is a co-influence positive relationship between the two in the vast majority of recent studies.
Keywords English as a foreign language (EFL), lexicon, receptive language skills, reading skill, vocabulary knowledge, vocabulary learning
Field Sociology > Education
Published In Volume 5, Issue 2, March-April 2023
Published On 2023-03-07
Cite This The Effectiveness of Reading in Vocabulary Learning in EFL: A Systematic Literature Review - Truong Hoai Thuong, Mohamed Benhima - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 2, March-April 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i02.1817
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i02.1817
Short DOI https://doi.org/grwsr8

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