%0 Journal Article
%T The Effect of Word Meaning Deriving Strategy Instruction: The Case of EFL Students in Taiwan
%A Chin Min Lin
%J TEFLIN Journal
%D 2008
%I TEFLIN (The Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia)
%X This study intends to find out the effect of teaching word meaning deriving strategies to EFL Students in Taiwan. The subjects were one class of the first year students attending a junior college in Taiwan. They were given a pre-test, which contained a passage, 10 vocabulary test items and 10 strategy questions. The researchers then began a two-month experiment. During the experimental period, the researcher, who was the instructor of the subjects, taught word meaning deriving strategies to students. The post-test, which was exactly the same as the pre-test, was given at the end of the experimental period. The results show significant differences of students' correct guessing rates and the strategy choice between the pre-test and the post-test. This suggests that it is worthwhile teaching EFL students word meaning deriving strategies.
%K strategies
%K word meaning
%K reading
%U http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/teflin/article/view/3