The Impact of Lexical Coverage on College Students’ Reading Comprehension

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GUI Min, LU Nana, SHANG Yajie. The Impact of Lexical Coverage on College Students’ Reading Comprehension[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2020, 20(4): 73-81.

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专业	人数
机械	23
文学	22
数学	20
化学	25
历史	15
总数(n)	105

阅读理解 (%)	文本识词比例									人数 (100)
阅读理解 (%)	91%	92%	93%	94%	95%	96%	97%	98%	99%	人数 (100)
100
95								1	1
90
85									2
80							2	1	1
75							1	5	1
70						1	3	3
65						1	3	6
60					2	4	1	7	2	48
55			2		2	3	4	1
50					1	3	1
45		1	2	1	2	2	4
40				3		2	3
35	1	1			1
30	2	2	1		1	2
25			1
20	1		1		1					52
合计	4	4	7	4	10	18	22	24	7
人数(100)				19					81

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