Tahereh Paribakht, University of Ottawa

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Subject-specific Vocabulary and Expressions of Academic Subjects: A Corpus-based Case Study of Mathematics and Geography
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$46,200
Second language vocabulary development through reading: the influence of the native language and specialized topic knowledge on lexical inferencing and retention
SSHRC · 1998 · Co-investigator
$50,300

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Subject-specific Vocabulary and Expressions of Academic Subjects: A Corpus-based Case Study of Mathematics and Geography

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Faez, Farahnaz

$46,200

Second language vocabulary development through reading: the influence of the native language and specialized topic knowledge on lexical inferencing and retention

Co-investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wesche, Marjorie

Keywords: lexical; vocabulary; reading; first language (L1); strategy; inferencing; learning; retention; second language (L2); academic

$50,300

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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