Understanding vocabulary of L2 learners of Japanese

Moritoki Škof, Nagisa (author)

The analysis of this study aims to investigate the effectiveness ofreading skills manifested by L2 learners of Japanese. In order to analyze the reading process of L2 learners of Japanese, we analyzed the data of 24 non-kanji learners of Japanese that were obtained fromthe “Reading corpus of non-native speakers of Japanese.”Using Yang’s (2006) categorization, weanalyzedlearners’understandingof wordsin the text through two different situations, (1) when they lack the relevant language skills, and (2)when they encounter unknown words while reading a text. The results show that learners use various tools,dependingon the purpose,to find appropriate meaningsof individualwordsand to understand the meaningsof whole sentencesand texts. Also, the results suggest that appropriate language knowledge prevents incorrect assumptions in comprehension and supports successful comprehension ofwhole texts.

• Language: English
• Keywords: reading comprehension, language knowledge, reading strategies, comprehension monitoring strategies, L2 learnerof Japanese, vocaburaly meanings
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 35-52
• Numbering: Vol. 13, No. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-144701
• UDC: 811.521:37
• ISSN on article: 2232-3317
• DOI: 10.4312/ala.13.1.35-52
• COBISS.SI-ID: 144517891
• Publication date in RUL: 08.03.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Acta linguistica asiatica
• Publisher: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2232-3317
• COBISS.SI-ID: 255902464

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: bralno razumevanje, znanje jezika, bralne strategije, strategije spremljanja razumevanja, učenec japonščine kot tujega jezika, besedni pomeni