When Lexical Inferencing Failed: An Investigation into Strategy Use and Factors Underpinning Less Successful Lexical Inferencing

บทความในวารสาร

ผู้เขียน/บรรณาธิการ

กลุ่มสาขาการวิจัยเชิงกลยุทธ์

รายละเอียดสำหรับงานพิมพ์

รายชื่อผู้แต่ง: Rutamornchai, Nuttapong; Tepsuriwong, Saowaluck

ปีที่เผยแพร่ (ค.ศ.): 2022

Volume number: 15

Issue number: 1

หน้าแรก: 124

หน้าสุดท้าย: 155

จำนวนหน้า: 32

นอก: 26300672

URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85128719602&partnerID=40&md5=b9014bd89ad4afdd9ff8427f459d1d69

ภาษา: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

บทคัดย่อ

EFL learners commonly infer word meanings while reading. However, previous research suggested that a large number of lexical inferencing attempts were far from success (Nylander, 2014; Qian, 2005). This study aims to examine possible factors of failure in lexical inferencing, with strategy use as a main focus. Eight participants were asked to read an authentic academic text and infer meanings of unknown words. A retrospective interview was conducted to investigate the words inferred, meanings obtained, and lexical inferencing strategies used. This study confirmed the high amount of failure or less successful inferencing attempts. Qualitative analysis of the inferred words in context and strategy use in the less successful cases suggested that lexical inferencing is a complex and demanding process. It intertwined a combination of underlying factors including strategy use, characteristics of the inferred words, contextual clues, and such learners' factors as vocabulary breadth and depth, grammatical knowledge, and background knowledge. These findings imply a pressing need in enhancing effectiveness of lexical inferencing of EFL learners. © 2022 Language Institute, Thammasat University. All rights reserved.

คำสำคัญ

Factors in Lexical Inferencing, Lexical Inferencing, Lexical Inferencing Strategies