Guessing vocabulary from context in reading texts

Simple item page
buir.advisorEckerth, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorBüyükdurmuş Selçuk, İlksen
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T11:06:46Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T11:06:46Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated contextual guessing strategies employed by preintermediate students at Hacettepe University, Department of Basic English, and the different strategies used by successful and unsuccessful guessers when dealing with unknown vocabulary. Data were collected through an in-class reading task, thinkaloud protocols (TAPs) and retrospective interviews (RIs). The in-class reading task was administered to select three successful and three unsuccessful guessers. TAPs and RIs were conducted with the selected guessers to gather data on their strategy use. Transcribed TAPs and RIs were coded, and a contextual guessing strategies taxonomy was constructed. Frequencies and percentages for each strategy in the taxonomy and percentages for the participants’ guessing success in the in-class and TAP reading tasks were calculated. Findings of the study indicated that various strategies were employed to guess word meanings, and although both successful and unsuccessful guessers employed the same strategies, successful guessers used them less frequently. However, successful guessers’ arriving at more correct guesses provided evidence that they were more effective users of lexical inferencing strategies. Another finding illustrated that context and knowledge of the native language were the major sources for word guessing.en_US
dc.description.provenanceMade available in DSpace on 2016-07-01T11:06:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0003126.pdf: 660947 bytes, checksum: 881100cda33c881217644b1576ce101c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006en
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySelçuk, İlksen Büyükdurmuşen_US
dc.format.extentxiv, 165 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidBILKUTUPB099695
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/29839
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectGuessing vocabulary from contexten_US
dc.subjectLexical inferencing strategiesen_US
dc.subjectSuccessful and unsuccessful guessersen_US
dc.subjectThink-aloud protocolsen_US
dc.subjectRetrospective interviewsen_US
dc.subject.lccPE1128.A2 S35 2006en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language Study and teaching Foreign speakers.en_US
dc.titleGuessing vocabulary from context in reading textsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineTeaching English as a Foreign Language
thesis.degree.grantorBilkent University
thesis.degree.levelMaster's
thesis.degree.nameMA (Master of Arts)

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
0003126.pdf
Size:
645.46 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Full printable version
Download

Collections

Graduate School of Education