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The Relationship between Depth of Vocabulary Knowledge and L2 Learners' Lexical Inferencing Strategy Use and Success
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Nassaji, Hossein – Modern Language Journal, 2006
This study examines the relationship between English as a second language (ESL) learners' depth of vocabulary knowledge, their lexical inferencing strategy use, and their success in deriving word meaning from context. Participants read a passage containing 10 unknown words and attempted to derive the meanings of the unknown words from context.…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Semantics