8. Second language lexical inferencing: preferences, perceptions, and practices

Qian, David D.

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“…Many researchers have conducted studies on the frequency of use of vocabulary learning strategies vis-à-vis dictionary use and/or contextual guessing with a focus on learners at the beginning or intermediate proficiency level (Fan, 1998(Fan, , 2003Harley & Hart, 2000;Hayati & Fattahzadh, 2006;Loucky, 2002;Qian, 2004). Findings from the research generally corroborate that language learners more often guess a word's meaning from its context rather than by consulting a dictionary.…”

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“…On the other hand, a bilingual dictionary supplies meaning in an accessible fashion, which can be bi-directional (i.e., English to first language and first language to English) (Nation, 2001). Some studies (Qian, 2004;Wei, 2007) reveal that English-language learners prefer a bilingual dictionary to a monolingual dictionary. For example, Qian's (2004) study found that the majority of students with intermediate language proficiency consulted a bilingual dictionary when confronted with unfamiliar words.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some studies (Qian, 2004;Wei, 2007) reveal that English-language learners prefer a bilingual dictionary to a monolingual dictionary. For example, Qian's (2004) study found that the majority of students with intermediate language proficiency consulted a bilingual dictionary when confronted with unfamiliar words. Wei's (2007) study also showed that the use of an English-Chinese dictionary was more favored than that of English-English dictionaries by Chinese college students.…”

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“…Schmitt (2000) suggests that vocabulary learning strategies are a means of enhancing vocabulary learning. Learners can use several strategies, such as using a dictionary, receiving help from the teacher or peer, or parsing the meaning of a word from its context, to facilitate the learning of new words (Harley & Hart, 2000;Qian, 2004). Among these strategies, dictionary use and guessing strategies are widely used.…”

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The Use of Dictionary and Contextual Guessing Strategies for Vocabulary Learning by Advanced English-Language Learners

Huang¹,

Eslami²

2013

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The present study provides insight into the use of dictionaries and contextual guessing by advanced English-language learners. This report identifies dictionary use and contextual guessing strategies used by these learners most often and least often. Participants were 100 international graduate students at a large southwestern U.S. university who completed a vocabulary learning strategy questionnaire. The results indicated that these learners consulted a dictionary most often to find out the pronunciation of a new word and least often to learn the frequency of use and appropriate usage of an unknown word. Participants most often based their guesses of a word's meaning from the paragraph's main ideas and background information. Using the meaning of individual parts of an unfamiliar compound word (such as note-book) and the part of speech of a new word were the least-used guessing strategies.

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Section: Statement Of the Problemsupporting

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Section: Types Of Dictionariesmentioning

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Section: Types Of Dictionariesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Use of Dictionary and Contextual Guessing Strategies for Vocabulary Learning by Advanced English-Language Learners

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Eslami²

2013

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“…Trouens, Qian (2004) het bevind dat dit dié populêrste strategie onder Koreaanse leerders van Engels is, met woordeboekgebruik wat in die tweede plek staan. Indien leerders wat "n genealogies vreemde taal aanleer die meeste van die woordbetekenis uit die konteks aflei om tekste te verstaan, kan aanvaar word dat dit waarskynlik ook die voorkeurstrategie sal wees van Afrikaanssprekende studente wat "n teks in die genealogies nou verwante Nederlands probeer verstaan.…”

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Die naslaanpotensiaal van potensiële lemmakandidate vir ʼn monofunksionele beknopte Nederlands-Afrikaans-woordeboek

Beyer

2015

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OpsommingDie beplanning van ŉ monofunksionele, beknopte Nederlands-Afrikaans-woordeboek in die gedrukte medium plaas welbekende tradisionele beperkinge op die leksikograaf, waarvan die vernaamste dié op ruimte is. Gegee die konteks, teikengebruiker, gebruikersituasie en funksie van die woordeboek moet die leksikograaf deeglik besin oor die toepaslike lemmatiseringsbeleid. In hierdie artikel word verslag gedoen van ŉ empiriese metode wat korpusondersoek kan komplementeer om ŉ optimaal funksionele lemmalys vir die onderhawige tipe woordeboek saam te stel. Deur middel van die simulasie van die tipiese gebruikersituasie van die beplande woordeboek word die naslaanpotensiaal van verskillende kategorieë lemmakandidate kwantitatief vasgestel. Sodanige vasstelling lei tot die bepaling van die lemmatiseringsprioriteit van elke kategorie lemmakandidate, wat uiteindelik funksionele lemmatisering en suksesvolle woordeboekgebruik tot gevolg het.Sleutelwoorde: funksie, gebruikersituasie, leksikografie, lemmakandidate, lemmatisering, naslaanpotensiaal, teikengebruiker, woordeboek. The consultation potential of lemma candidates for a monofunctional concise DutchAfrikaans dictionary AbstractThe planning of a monofunctional, concise Dutch-Afrikaans dictionary in the printed medium places well-known traditional limitations on the lexicographer, the most important being that of space. Given the context, target user, user situation and function of the dictionary, the lexicographer has to carefully consider the applicable lemmatisation policy. This article reports on an empirical method that could complement corpus study in order to compile an optimally functional lemma list for the planned type of dictionary. By means of a simulation of the typical user situation, the consultation potential of various types of lemma candidates are determined quantitatively. This determination results in the identification of the lemmatisation priority of every category of lemma candidates, which in turn ultimately leads to functional lemmatisation and successful dictionary use.

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A Comparative Study on the Impact of Lexical Inferencing, Extended Audio Glossing, and Frequency Mode of Input Instruction on EFL Learners’ Lexical Collocation Knowledge

Shabani

Dogolsara

2023

J Psycholinguist Res

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8. Second language lexical inferencing: preferences, perceptions, and practices

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The Use of Dictionary and Contextual Guessing Strategies for Vocabulary Learning by Advanced English-Language Learners

The Use of Dictionary and Contextual Guessing Strategies for Vocabulary Learning by Advanced English-Language Learners

Die naslaanpotensiaal van potensiële lemmakandidate vir ʼn monofunksionele beknopte Nederlands-Afrikaans-woordeboek

A Comparative Study on the Impact of Lexical Inferencing, Extended Audio Glossing, and Frequency Mode of Input Instruction on EFL Learners’ Lexical Collocation Knowledge

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