Redalyc. The effect of explicit vocabulary teaching on vocabulary acquisition and attitude towards reading

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Revista Electrónica "Actualidades
Investigativas en Educación"
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Universidad de Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Hasbún Hasbún, Leyla
The effect of explicit vocabulary teaching on vocabulary acquisition and attitude towards reading
Revista Electrónica "Actualidades Investigativas en Educación", vol. 5, núm. 2, julio-diciembre, 2005,
pp. 1-21
Universidad de Costa Rica
San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica
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Universidad de Costa Rica 
Facultad de Educación 
Instituto de Investigación en Educación 
 
ACTUALIDADES INVESTIGATIVAS EN EDUCACION 
THE EFFECT OF EXPLICIT VOCABULARY TEACHING ON 
VOCABULARY ACQUISITION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS READING 
 
Leyla Hasbún Hasbún
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Abstract:
This study examines the effects of explicit vocabulary teaching on vocabulary acquisition and on 
attitude towards reading in an EFL class. Vocabulary exercises following the Lexical Approach (Lewis, 1993, 
1997, 2000) were designed to supplement a college reading comprehension course, and several reading 
strategies were systematically practiced. Statistical analyses revealed that the students acquired the vocabulary.
In addition, at the end of the term, learners claimed that knowing more words had made them better readers, and 
the final evaluation of the course showed that their attitude towards reading had greatly improved.