In addition, the research of Hostekin (1993) also revealed that a strong ability to guess words helps to learn vocabulary. Her subjects were learners whose foreign language was English. She took two tests: the word guessing ability test and the vocabulary test. The results showed that students who scored above average in the word guessing ability test performed better than students whose scores were below average in the vocabulary test, and the difference was very significant. Hostigin’s conclusion is that students with good word-guessing ability can learn more new words in reading, and they are more likely to expand their vocabulary than students with poor word-guessing ability.
In addition, The study of Horstkin (1993) also revealed that strong guessing skills help to learn vocabulary. Her subjects were English learners in foreign languages, and she took two tests: a guessing ability test and a vocabulary test. The results showed that students who scored higher than average on the guessing ability test did better on vocabulary tests than those who scored below average, and the difference was significant. Horstygin concluded that students with good word-guessing skills were more likely to expand their vocabulary than students with poor word-guessing skills.
In addition, hostikin's (1993) study also revealed that a strong ability to guess words is conducive to vocabulary learning. Her subjects are English learners whose foreign language is English. She took two tests: word guessing test and vocabulary test. The results show that the students who score higher than the average score in the word guessing ability test do better than the students whose score is lower than the average in the vocabulary test, and the difference is very significant. Hostikin's conclusion is that students with good word guessing ability can acquire more new words in reading, and they are more likely to expand their vocabulary than students with poor guessing ability.<BR>