SOME REVIEWS ON USING AUTHENTIC READING MATERIALS TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY LEARNING FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY

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Many recent studies have been conducted to investigate on learning vocabulary
through reading. When examining this issue, many questions have been raised. Attention
has been paid to not only the amount of vocabulary or the frequency is learnt but also
different aspects such the number of words taught or test formats and so on. In this
research, we have reviewed the findings of some previous studies related to this topic. The
results show that most of these studies support the belief that vocabulary can be learnt from
reading text but not much. They also suggest that it would be more effective to learn
vocabulary if useful reading is combined with authentic reading materials regularly.
Besides analyzing relevant opinions for these studies, the article also provides illustrative
examples to take some suggestions into consideration in applying reading references to
improve the amount of vocabulary for non-English major students.