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Tolerance of ambiguity in young multilinguals: Decoding meaning in an unknown language
Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022. urn:nbn:hr:131:413980
Karabajić, Ida
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English language and literature

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Karabajić, I. (2022). Tolerance of ambiguity in young multilinguals: Decoding meaning in an unknown language (Master's thesis). Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:413980

Karabajić, Ida. "Tolerance of ambiguity in young multilinguals: Decoding meaning in an unknown language." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:413980

Karabajić, Ida. "Tolerance of ambiguity in young multilinguals: Decoding meaning in an unknown language." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:413980

Karabajić, I. (2022). 'Tolerance of ambiguity in young multilinguals: Decoding meaning in an unknown language', Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 06 July 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:413980

Karabajić I. Tolerance of ambiguity in young multilinguals: Decoding meaning in an unknown language [Master's thesis]. Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2022 [cited 2024 July 06] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:413980

I. Karabajić, "Tolerance of ambiguity in young multilinguals: Decoding meaning in an unknown language", Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, 2022. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:413980

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TitleTolerance of ambiguity in young multilinguals: Decoding meaning in an unknown language
Title (croatian)Tolerancija neodređenosti kod višejezične djece: Dekodiranje značenja na nepoznatom jeziku
AuthorIda Karabajić
MentorStela Letica Krevelj (mentor)
Committee memberJanja Čulig (predsjednik povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English language and literature)
Zagreb
Defense date and country2022-12-01, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The study aimed at examining how learners decode meaning of unknown words and sentences presented through a multilingual picture storybook as well as at examining variations in learners' tolerance of ambiguity. The instruments used were the multilingual picture storybook Mixter and Mixus Mic: Europe Adventure and the Tolerance of Ambiguity Questionnaire that the learners completed after reading and listening to the storybook. The findings suggest that the learners use a set of vocabulary discovery and lexical inferencing strategies when decoding meaning of words and phrases in foreign languages, and that they extensively rely on their previous language knowledge in this process. Additionally, it has been found that a choice of strategies and knowledge sources they use depends on the contextual factors, i.e. availability of resources, contextual cues and the nature of a task at hand.
Abstract (croatian)
Cilj rada bio je istražiti kako učenici dekodiraju značenje nepoznatih riječi i fraza predstavljenih putem višejezične slikovnice, te istražiti varijacije u njihovoj toleranciji neodređenosti. Kao instrumenti korišteni su višejezična slikovnica Mixter and Mixus Mic: Europe Adventure i upitnik o toleranciji neodređenosti koji su sudionici ispunili nakon čitanja i slušanja slikovnice. Rezultati su pokazali da učenici koriste sklop strategija za otkrivanje vokabulara i leksičko zaključivanje kada dekodiraju značenje riječi i fraza na stranim jezicima, te da se u tom procesu uvelike oslanjaju na svoje prethodno znanje jezika. Osim toga, utvrđeno je da izbor strategija i izvora znanja ovisi o kontekstualnim čimbenicima, tj. o dostupnosti resursa, kontekstualnim znakovima i prirodi samog zadatka.
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Keywords (croatian)
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:131:413980
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL
Course: TEFL
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Type of resourceText
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Created on2022-12-03 15:46:15