Inferencing, or guessing the meaning of novel words from the context or from internal clues, is a vocabulary comprehension skill. The structure of this book is described below. Chapter one defines inferencing and its value is discussed. Chapter two shows a taxonomy of types of linguistic clues which help the reader guess the meaning of unknown words. The next chapter focuses on how to teach inferencing skills in and out of the classroom. Chapter four discusses the relationship between inferencing and the cloze test. The final chapter depicts the summary, pedagogical implications, and recommendations for further research. The content of this book should benefit second language learners of English, lecturers, parents, educators, and researchers in vocabulary and second language acquisition.

Limited research has been done on exploring what language learning strategies (LLS) the grades 7-8 students used while learning English as a second language in Hong Kong and the factors affecting their choice of LLS. The structure of this book is described below. Chapter one serves as an introduction to LLS. The next chapter reviews the literature related to LLS. Chapter three describes the methodology used in this study. Chapter four shows the results obtained from the statistical analysis of data, together with a detailed discussion of the findings. The final chapter depicts the summary, pedagogical implications, and recommendations for further research. The findings and analysis of this study should be useful to language learners, parents, educators, lecturers, and researchers in second language acquisition and applied linguistics.