Factors Affecting How Second Language Spanish Students Derive Meaning from Context.  

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Frantzen, Diana

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Modern Language Journal (sebagian Full Text & ada di JSTOR) vol. 87 no. 2 (Jun. 2003), page 168-199.
Topik: Second Language Spanish Students; Meaning; Context; Affecting Factors
Fulltext: Vol 87 no 2 pp.168-199.pdf (4.56MB)

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Although first language (LI) and second language (L2) research has indicated that the meanings of unknown words can be derived from the contexts in which they occur, research has also found limitations to the value of context. Using data gathered in a classroom experiment on L2 vocabulary acquisition (Frantzen, 1998), the present study sought to determine some of the reasons why the context in which a word appears does not always lead a language learner to an accurate interpretation of its meaning. It expands the existing research by using a natural, intact, unmanipulated text as the context (an aspect underrepre- sented in current L2 word inferencing literature). Analysis of the students' answers, their self-reported guessing strategies, the contexts in which the words appeared, and the text's glossing revealed that the "blame" for the incorrect answers may be placed on: (a) the context itself, (b) the students' behavior, and in a minor way (c) the story's glossing. Numerous patterns are presented and discussed in light of other LI and L2 research and new patterns are reported.

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