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| Title: | Spanish-speaking students' use of cognate knowledge to infer the meaning of English words |
| Author: | Cheryl Dressler |
| Author: | Maria S Carlo |
| Institution: | University of Miami |
| Author: | Catherine E Snow |
| Institution: | Harvard University |
| Author: | Diane August |
| Institution: | Center for Applied Linguistics |
| Author: | Claire E White |
| Linguistic Field: | Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics |
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Spanish |
| Abstract: | This research examines the processes which native Spanish-speaking learners of English and English-only students engage in when inferring meaning for unknown English words that have Spanish cognates. Conducted within the context of a large-scale vocabulary intervention that taught word inferencing strategies, including a cognate strategy, this qualitative study describes cognate strategy use among a small sample of participants. The data suggest that explicit instruction, students' metalinguistic and metacognitive skills, and the structural characteristics of cognate pairs are associated with cognate recognition. |
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This article appears in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition Vol. 14, Issue 2, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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