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100	1		_aKhalil, Beth Ann Sonner _gMasters in Applied Linguistics and TEFL
245	1	4	_aThe effect of vocabulary and reading skills on the level of reading comprehension
260			_aBeirut _bNotre Dame University - Faculty of Humanities - Department of English, Translation, and Education _c2011
300			_a181 pages
500			_aالنوع : Mémoire
520	3		_aThe purpose of this thesis is a cross-sectional analysis of the vocabulary levels and reading skills of students who have been admitted for the fall 2010 semester at Notre Dame University (NDU) and who took the reading and vocabulary sections of the June 2006 English Entrance Test (EET) to see what skills they have and to see if they use these skills to achieve passing scores. If they know and use the various strategies expounded upon by different researchers throughout the decades, then they should be able make sense out of what they are reading and pass the exam. If not, then where do their problems lie? Is it with their reading skills or does their insufficient level of vocabulary create a barrier inhibiting them from arriving at the correct answers on the exam. After an initial discussion of the different theories of reading and vocabulary acquisition, centered on the bottom-up, top-down and interactive approaches, analysis of the EET reading comprehension and vocabulary section testing of a group of three classes at NDU demonstrates that the students are mainly obstructed by weakness in their vocabulary repertoires; they are not greatly inhibited by the top-down skills. When they were unable to answer a question, the difficulty was traced to an unknown vocabulary word. Recommendations are made for how to address these weaknesses in the diverse student population at NDU to focus on skills which are not widely addressed in the current curriculum. Any of these recommendations can be taken into consideration not only by this one university, but also prescribed on a larger scale for all students in Lebanon hoping to improve their reading and vocabulary skills and strategies. The suggestions will not only help students pass entrance tests into universities, but also help them succeed in their academic studies and make reading and vocabulary improvements sustainable and part of lifelong learning.
650		4	_aEnglish Language Education Teaching Methods
650		4	_aL’enseignement de la Langue Anglaise Méthodes d’enseignement
650		4	_aتعليم اللغة الانكليزية طرق التعليم
856			_uhttp://webview.ndu.edu.lb/webview?infile=details.glu&loid=251916&rs=80858&hitno=114
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