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What’s in a word? Plenty. To read fluently and understand adequately, L2 readers need to know 98% of the words in a text. Thus, a good starting point for making texts readable is to choose words carefully. This chapter discusses a number of useful guidelines for increasing your reader’s word recognition.
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Roos, C., Roos, G. (2019). What’s in a Word?. In: Real Science in Clear English. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7820-1_5
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