The present study examined the effect of contextual clues and topic familiarity on L2 lexical inferencing success and retention. To this end, 67 Iranian EFL learners read stories (cue-adequate contexts varying in degree of familiarity) and single sentences (cue-adequate contexts) including unknown lexical items and inferred the meaning of unknown words. Subsequently, they were tested on those words once immediately and once after two weeks. Results revealed an inferencing success rate of 55.76%, with success being significantly affected by the amount of contextual clues and topic familiarity. Moreover, it was found that although the effect of context on word meaning retention lasted for two weeks, the effect of topic familiarity decreased o...
In foreign language teaching, teachers not only want learners to understand words but to be able to ...
Three experiments examined whether the process of lexical inferences differs according to the direct...
There is limited literature on the role of linguistic context in learning and remembering new vocabu...
The present study examined the effect of contextual clues and topic familiarity on L2 lexical infer...
One of the ideas that are currently gaining ground with regard to vocabulary acquisition in a foreig...
Abstract—The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of inferencing the meaning of new wor...
The study examines the impact of topic familiarity and passage sight vocabulary on lexical inferenci...
This study examines the effect of contextual clues on the use of strategies (inferencing and ignorin...
Is lexical inferencing the selection of an already stored sense or is it the computation of a new se...
Japanese university students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) encountered 10 target word...
Inferencing the meanings of unfamiliar words from context is a vital coping strategy that allows lea...
There is limited literature on the role of linguistic context in learning and remembering new vocabu...
This article reviews empirical studies from the past decade in learning second language (L2) vocabul...
__________________ This paper reports a study in which Iranian EFL female students ' think alou...
Guessing the meaning of unknown vocabularies within a text is a way of learning new ...
In foreign language teaching, teachers not only want learners to understand words but to be able to ...
Three experiments examined whether the process of lexical inferences differs according to the direct...
There is limited literature on the role of linguistic context in learning and remembering new vocabu...
The present study examined the effect of contextual clues and topic familiarity on L2 lexical infer...
One of the ideas that are currently gaining ground with regard to vocabulary acquisition in a foreig...
Abstract—The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of inferencing the meaning of new wor...
The study examines the impact of topic familiarity and passage sight vocabulary on lexical inferenci...
This study examines the effect of contextual clues on the use of strategies (inferencing and ignorin...
Is lexical inferencing the selection of an already stored sense or is it the computation of a new se...
Japanese university students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) encountered 10 target word...
Inferencing the meanings of unfamiliar words from context is a vital coping strategy that allows lea...
There is limited literature on the role of linguistic context in learning and remembering new vocabu...
This article reviews empirical studies from the past decade in learning second language (L2) vocabul...
__________________ This paper reports a study in which Iranian EFL female students ' think alou...
Guessing the meaning of unknown vocabularies within a text is a way of learning new ...
In foreign language teaching, teachers not only want learners to understand words but to be able to ...
Three experiments examined whether the process of lexical inferences differs according to the direct...
There is limited literature on the role of linguistic context in learning and remembering new vocabu...