Overcoming vocabulary deficiencies in oral commnication. Training EFL students in the use of circumlocution

dc.contributor.advisorTFEZenotz Iragi, María Victoria
dc.contributor.affiliationFacultad de Ciencias Humanas y Socialeses_ES
dc.contributor.affiliationGiza eta Gizarte Zientzien Fakultateaeu
dc.contributor.authorBelanche Echeverría, Sonia
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-20T07:33:39Z
dc.date.available2015-01-20T07:33:39Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2015-01-16T17:01:59Z
dc.description.abstractThe present article reports on a study carried out among Spanish students of English as a Foreign Language that made use of circumlocution and other compensatory strategies to overcome vocabulary deficiencies in oral communication. The study focuses on the role of foreign language classroom instruction and the effectiveness of an explicit teaching of circumlocution to improve learners’ fluency and ability to face unknown lexical items when performing speaking activities. Besides, the types of circumlocutions, structures and alternative strategies are analyzed in order to gain a better understanding of the learning process of compensatory strategies. According to the results, this kind of strategies proved to be a useful and effective means of keeping the flow of conversation and coping with problematic vocabulary but short time and punctual training seems to have little effect on the quality of the circumlocutions produced or the avoidance of less desirable strategies such as abandonment or code-switching. From these findings, some pedagogical recommendations can be made with the aim of improving the teaching of compensatory strategiesen
dc.description.degreeMáster Universitario en Profesorado de Educación Secundaria por la Universidad Pública de Navarraes_ES
dc.description.degreeBigarren Hezkuntzako Irakasletzako Unibertsitate Masterra Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoaneu
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/15503
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectInglés como lengua extranjeraes_ES
dc.subjectCompetencia estratégicaes_ES
dc.subjectEstrategia compensatoriaes_ES
dc.subjectCircunlocuciónes_ES
dc.subjectLéxicoes_ES
dc.subjectEnglish Foreign Languageen
dc.subjectStrategic competenceen
dc.subjectCompensatory strategiesen
dc.subjectCircumlocutionen
dc.subjectLexiconen
dc.titleOvercoming vocabulary deficiencies in oral commnication. Training EFL students in the use of circumlocutionen
dc.title.alternativeHow do you say... in English?es_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
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