Does look-up frequency help reading comprehension of EFL learners? Two empirical studies of electronic dictionaries

CALICO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-125

  Koyama, Toshiko ^a   Takeuchi, Osamu ^b  

^a OSAKA OHTANI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EFL Learning; Hand held Electronic Dictionaries; Look up Frequency; Printed Dictionaries; Reading Comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044805857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20569017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/cj.v25i1.110-125     Document Type: Article

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