The Role of Vocabulary in Reading Comprehension
Listen to a podcast summary of a 2008 paper on how vocabulary affects reading comprehension in Singapore secondary school students learning English.
Last updated 8 September 2026
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Listen to this summary of the paper entitled ‘The Role of Vocabulary in Reading Comprehension: The case of secondary school students learning English in Singapore’. This paper was written by Lawrence Jun Zhang and Suaini Bin Anual and was published in 2008 in the RELC Journal.
Zhang, L. J., & Anual, S. B. (2008). The Role of Vocabulary in Reading Comprehension: The case of secondary school students learning English in Singapore. RELC Journal, 39(1), 51-76.
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Episode published 11 Aug 2021.