Vocabulary Range and Frequency in First Intermediate Girl's English Textbook in Saudi Arabia Learners' Achievement and Strategies :
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2009
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Saudi Digital Library
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The current study aims at investigating a number of variables related to the vocabulary development of first intermediate female Saudi learners. An analysis of the coverage and repetition of the two thousand high frequency words in the first intermediate girls' textbook, entitled Say it in English, was carried out using the RANGE and FREQUENCY software (Heatly, Nation & Coxeahd, 2002). The textbook's coverage was then compared to participants' performance in two vocabulary size tests, namely th