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Lexical Inferencing: Perceptions and Actual Behaviours of Turkish English as a Foreign Language Learners' Handling of Unknown Vocabulary

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Akpinar, Kadriye Dilek – South African Journal of Education, 2013

The purpose of this study was to examine Turkish English as a Foreign Language Learners' (EFL) handling of unknown words while reading English texts. The study also examines the relationship between these learners' perceptions and actual practices in the employment of knowledge sources while trying to guess the meaning of unknown words. The…

Descriptors: Inferences, Vocabulary Development, Foreign Countries, Correlation