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    Academic vocabulary instruction and reading comprehension in academic texts for 10th grade students
    (2021) Elgueta Pizarro, Ximena D.; Lobos Vásquez, Leyla; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Letras
    Although schools in Chile prepare students in English reading comprehension, they do not consider the fact that students will also have to encounter tertiary education, where an important part of the information they receive will be presented in a non-familiar structure, with words different from the ones they are used to, which may have a negative impact on students’ learning process. This investigation will deal with academic vocabulary instruction and its effects on academic reading comprehension, expecting to find in qualitative and quantitative terms the concrete impact that learning new vocabulary has over reading comprehension in this specific type of text. This investigation was carried out through an action research perspective which will consider 10th-grade students from a private school in Santiago who are about to take their FCE exam.