المصادر اللغوية في تخمين معاني المفردات في قراءة النص العربي لغير الناطقين بالعربية: Linguistic Sources in Guessing Word Meaning in Reading Arabic Text

Nik Hanan, Mustapha; Hidayatul Hasanah, Zulkifli; Nik Farhan, Mustapha

doi:10.7187/GJAT262012.02.02

Authors

Nik Hanan, Mustapha Department of Arabic Language & Literature, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, 53100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hidayatul Hasanah, Zulkifli Penang International Islamic & Technological College (KITAB), Bangunan Tahfiz, Kompleks Masjid Negeri Pulau Pinang, Jalan Air Itam, 11400, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Nik Farhan, Mustapha Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Modern Languages & Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7187/GJAT262012.02.02

Keywords:

Guessing word meaning, Linguistic sources, Second language sources, Reading comprehension, Reading Arabic texts

Abstract

Guessing word meaning from context plays
an important role in increasing the level of
reading comprehension of second or foreign
language learners. Despite various taxonomies
for guessing word meanings, most of them
generally fall into two categories: linguistic
sources and non-linguistic sources. This study
investigates the use of second language sources
within the linguistic category in guessing the
meaning of words. A sample of 10 university
students participated in this introspective
study by performing reading tasks on selected
Arabic texts. Data was then gathered through
think aloud procedures and interviews. Results
indicated that students utilize linguistic sources
at different levels: word, sentence and discourse,
with morphological knowledge is used far more
often than the remaining sources. This lends support to the need for promoting the role
of guessing word meaning in Arabic reading
comprehension.
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