Abstract:
This study aims to investigate the relationship between two dimensions of
vocabulary knowledge, namely size and depth with reading comprehension on
EFL learners at Durbete General Secondary School. The participants of this
study were 154 grade 11 students (male=72 and female=82) who enrolled in
2013 E.C.by using stratified random sampling. And to investigate the
relationship between vocabulary knowledge (size and depth) with reading
comprehension three tests were used. These were Vocabulary Level Test (VLT),
Word Associate Test (WAT), and Reading Comprehension Test (RCT). The
results were analyzed by Pearson correlation product moment and linear
regression by using SPSS 21 Software. The results revealed that there was a
significant and moderate positive relationship between breadth (size) and
reading comprehension (r=0.607, p<.01).It was found that there was a weak
positive relationship between vocabulary depth and reading comprehension at a
significant level ((r=0.441, p<.01). The result indicates that the vocabulary size
was more correlated with reading comprehension than vocabulary depth in this