The Effectiveness of L2 Vocabulary Acquisition by Guessing from Context: A Comparative Study
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and teaching. However, there have been uncertainties and disagreement as to the effectiveness of L2 vocabulary acquisition
through inference. To approach the controversy in a closer and deeper manner, two representative empirical studies are compared
and discussed. Several findings and further research suggestions are also provided.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i2.2287
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