Definícióalkotási stratégiák tizenéves diákok körében

Abstract

The investigation of ten-year old students’ oral text production is a very important research
area. The aim of the present study is to investigate how students in grade eleven of high school
produce definitions and to build up a typology based on their strategies. The hypothesis of the
investigation is that the use of synonyms, the function-based definition, the listing of subtypes
appears among the definition modes; and based on the age, it can be hypothesized that the most
characteristic is the use of elementary categorization (gender concept and distinctive features).
In the experiment, participants were asked to define and explain the meaning of the words of the
definition production component in the Child Language Database and Information Repertoire
(Gyermeknyelvi adatbázis és információtár). The results proved that students use several
strategies for formulating definitions. The pedagogical relevance of the investigation is that it
draws the educators’ attention to the importance of the development of oral communication and
definition.