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Direct linkGuerra, Ernesto; Kronmüller, Edmundo – Reading Research Quarterly, 2020
An important component of reading comprehension is the reader's capacity to make inferences that can maintain the coherence between propositions within the text. However, the cognitive and linguistic skills that underlie online inference making remain elusive. The authors aimed to clarify the effects of vocabulary and text comprehension on…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Inferences, Vocabulary, Word Recognition
Zhang, Haomin; Pei, Zhenxia – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
This study explored the role of word knowledge dimensions in second language (L2) word-meaning inference. College-level L2 learners (N = 121) participated in this study and completed a series of word knowledge tests including vocabulary size, word associates, morpheme-form knowledge, morpheme-meaning knowledge, morpheme discrimination, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Inferences, Vocabulary Development
Download full textAgdam, Seddighe Jalili; Sadeghi, Karim – English Language Teaching, 2014
Vocabulary development is an essential goal in any language teaching program, and considering the multidimensional nature of this construct, achieving this goal needs effective assessment of all dimensions of word knowledge, i.e. breadth, depth and accessibility of word knowledge. Most of the current vocabulary assessment tools measure the breadth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Associative Learning, Task Analysis
Çakir, Abdulvahit; Ünaldi, Ihsan; Arslan, Fadime Yalçin; Kiliç, Mehmet – English Language Teaching, 2016
Within the framework of foreign language teaching and learning, reading strategies, depth of vocabulary knowledge and text inferencing skills have not been researched extensively. This study tries to fill this gap by analyzing the effects of reading strategies used by Turkish EFL learners and their depth of vocabulary knowledge on their text…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Strategies
Schmitt, Norbert; Ng, Janice Wun Ching; Garras, John – Language Testing, 2011
Although the Word Associates Format (WAF) is becoming more frequently used as a depth-of-knowledge measure, relatively little validation has been carried out on it. This report of two validation studies tackles various important WAF issues yet to be satisfactorily resolved. Study 1 conducted introspective interviews regarding students' WAF…
Descriptors: Scoring, Vocabulary Development, Associative Learning, Validity
