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The current study reveals a positive correlation between vocabulary size and reading comprehension.It would also be beneficial to spend extra time teaching students academic vocabulary to acquire the most frequently used academic words since knowing those words will improve the coverage of academic texts.EFL teachers at Saudi universities should introduce academic vocabulary to students to enhance their lexical knowledge.EFL teachers could provide separate vocabulary classes focusing on academic vocabulary and the most frequent 2000 words.In addition, teachers and students should be aware of some major aspects of learning vocabulary such as the definitions of words, synonyms, antonyms, word collocations, and semantic and pragmatic characteristics.The use of various methods of teaching are highly recommended for assisting EFL learners in enlarging their lexical knowledge.Instructors should increase their awareness of the usage of lexis in the classroom.

The current study reveals a positive correlation between vocabulary size and reading comprehension. Vocabulary size is considered to be an important predictor of the ability to comprehend written texts and they are strongly related. In view of the results of this study, some pedagogical implications for EFL learning and teaching can be suggested. One of the key steps that should be taken into consideration is that vocabulary teaching should surpass the superficial level. High-frequency words should be introduced deeply and in a way that learners can acquire full knowledge of the core vocabulary. In addition, teachers and students should be aware of some major aspects of learning vocabulary such as the definitions of words, synonyms, antonyms, word collocations, and semantic and pragmatic characteristics. The use of various methods of teaching are highly recommended for assisting EFL learners in enlarging their lexical knowledge. Instructors should increase their awareness of the usage of lexis in the classroom. They also should teach students how to get benefits from corpus approaches in the classroom. Accordingly, the lexical knowledge of learners can be improved, and, in turn, enhanced lexical knowledge might lead to higher levels of reading comprehension.
Furthermore, various vocabulary learning strategies should be introduced and practiced by the students in order for them to become autonomous learners. EFL teachers at Saudi universities should introduce academic vocabulary to students to enhance their lexical knowledge. EFL teachers could provide separate vocabulary classes focusing on academic vocabulary and the most frequent 2000 words. It would also be beneficial to spend extra time teaching students academic vocabulary to acquire the most frequently used academic words since knowing those words will improve the coverage of academic texts.