Abstract: Vocabulary is an indispensable part of a language. Vocabulary plays an important language element linking four language skills; speaking, reading listening, and writing to ensure a good communicative task performance. Recently the importance of vocabulary learning and teaching has been considerably emphasized. One of the most effective ways of vocabulary learning is guessing the meaning of words from context. The purpose of this study is to show the importance of guessing the meaning of unknown words from context to students' retention of English vocabulary. The study focused on three main points: first, Rationale for the Innovation; second, meaningful practice worked with students whose background knowledge of English was weak; and third, meaningful practice did, to some extent, make contribution to students' retention of vocabulary. The definition of innovation.........
Key Words: vocabulary, retention, TUEBA, guess, meaning, context
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