JALT2025 - Tokyo

A replication of Hu & Nation’s coverage-comprehension study

Nov 1, 2025, 11:35 AM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Language Skills Room 508

Speakers

Tim Stoeckel (University of Niigata Prefecture)Prof. Tomoko Ishii (Meiji Gakuin University) Chunmei Huang (Kyorin University) Stuart McLean (Kindai University) Young Ae Kim (Kansai University)

Description

The presenters will report a partial replication (N = 312) of Hu and Nation’s (2000) influential coverage-comprehension study. The materials included Hu and Nation’s reading measure and a meaning-recall test of most content lemmas in the reading. OLS regression was used, with vocabulary coverage and reading comprehension scores as the main independent and dependent variables, respectively. Coverage of 97.3% predicted “adequate comprehension” as defined by Hu and Nation. Implications for pedagogy will be discussed.

Summary

The presenters will report a partial replication (N = 312) of Hu and Nation’s (2000) influential coverage-comprehension study. The materials included Hu and Nation’s reading measure and a meaning-recall test of most content lemmas in the reading. OLS regression was used, with vocabulary coverage and reading comprehension scores as the main independent and dependent variables, respectively. Coverage of 97.3% predicted “adequate comprehension” as defined by Hu and Nation. Implications for pedagogy will be discussed.