Language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian
This article deals with language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian. This study explores how they come to terms with understanding two short Hungarian texts. To achieve this goal, I chose an introspective method of thinking aloud to visualize inte...
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Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing = Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics
2020-10-01
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| description | This article deals with language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian. This study explores how they come to terms with understanding two short Hungarian texts. To achieve this goal, I chose an introspective method of thinking aloud to visualize internal processes and strategies of comprehension. The results show that contextual knowledge and general knowledge of the world are highly important when it comes to (text) comprehension. In addition, the pronunciation of words must be properly memorized for the participants to be able to recognize them. Furthermore, the so-called “lack of contrast” plays an important role in the results, meaning that the participants often find the words familiar but are not able to access their meanings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-537f18e519554e16b0c676e9085223172022-12-22T02:46:49ZengEesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing = Estonian Association for Applied LinguisticsLähivõrdlusi1736-92902228-38542020-10-013024327210.5128/LV30.07Language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in HungarianIsabel ZinsThis article deals with language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian. This study explores how they come to terms with understanding two short Hungarian texts. To achieve this goal, I chose an introspective method of thinking aloud to visualize internal processes and strategies of comprehension. The results show that contextual knowledge and general knowledge of the world are highly important when it comes to (text) comprehension. In addition, the pronunciation of words must be properly memorized for the participants to be able to recognize them. Furthermore, the so-called “lack of contrast” plays an important role in the results, meaning that the participants often find the words familiar but are not able to access their meanings.http://arhiiv.rakenduslingvistika.ee/ajakirjad/index.php/lahivordlusi/article/view/LV30.07receptive multilingualismcomprehension strategieswritten textsintrospectionthinking aloud protocolshungariangermanretseptiivne mitmekeelsusmõistmisstrateegiadkirjalikud tekstidintrospektsioonvaljusti mõtlemineungari keelsaksa keel |
| spellingShingle | Isabel Zins Language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian Lähivõrdlusi receptive multilingualism comprehension strategies written texts introspection thinking aloud protocols hungarian german retseptiivne mitmekeelsus mõistmisstrateegiad kirjalikud tekstid introspektsioon valjusti mõtlemine ungari keel saksa keel |
| title | Language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian |
| title_full | Language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian |
| title_fullStr | Language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian |
| title_full_unstemmed | Language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian |
| title_short | Language comprehension strategies of German language speakers with receptive skills in Hungarian |
| title_sort | language comprehension strategies of german language speakers with receptive skills in hungarian |
| topic | receptive multilingualism comprehension strategies written texts introspection thinking aloud protocols hungarian german retseptiivne mitmekeelsus mõistmisstrateegiad kirjalikud tekstid introspektsioon valjusti mõtlemine ungari keel saksa keel |
| url | http://arhiiv.rakenduslingvistika.ee/ajakirjad/index.php/lahivordlusi/article/view/LV30.07 |
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