{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/check-the-vocabulary-burden-before-blaming-yourself",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1077",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Check the vocabulary burden before blaming yourself",
  "summary": "A level label cannot read the page for you.",
  "kind": "checklist",
  "body": "Sample the actual text and separate unfamiliar vocabulary from unclear reasoning. Vocabulary coverage relates to comprehension, but research does not support a single magic threshold. Use the diagnosis to choose support, not to award yourself a language level.",
  "limits": [
    "Dense legal or technical material may require expert explanation. Counting familiar words cannot establish safe understanding."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "language-transfer-50"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-D78A93103B660A0F"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "The lexical coverage study found an approximately linear relationship with reading comprehension, rather than a sharp comprehension threshold.",
      "source_id": "RS-D78A93103B660A0F",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Text difficulty also depends on the task and reader; a sampled percentage cannot diagnose overall proficiency.",
      "locator": "Abstract, relationship and threshold finding."
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "A text labelled for your level is unexpectedly exhausting."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Dense legal or technical material may require expert explanation. Counting familiar words cannot establish safe understanding."
  ],
  "example": "A technical article becomes readable after you learn two domain terms. A simpler-looking article still fails because its argument assumes unfamiliar law.",
  "check": "After a small vocabulary intervention, does comprehension improve on a new paragraph?",
  "checklist": [
    "Which unknown words block the main argument rather than optional detail?",
    "Can I explain a paragraph after checking only those words?",
    "Is the remaining obstacle vocabulary, background knowledge or sentence structure?"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-D78A93103B660A0F",
      "title": "The Percentage of Words Known in a Text and Reading Comprehension",
      "url": "https://experts.nau.edu/en/publications/the-percentage-of-words-known-in-a-text-and-reading-comprehension/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1077",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-1073",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/learn-a-word-with-the-company-it-keeps"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-E90A0EE1DFD29BBF",
      "title": "Language that survives a new situation",
      "url": "/collections/language-that-survives-a-new-situation"
    }
  ]
}