A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

Because when we were in junior and senior high schools, we only learned to
read and write instead of to listen and to speak. Without many experiences of
speaking in English and using the learned word, I was not able to think
effortlessly of many high-level vocabularies.
Ling Mei expressed that she gained more opportunities in practicing learned
words in English communication in Tunghai, which made her use the replacement
strategy less.
Pei Pei Hu
In the first interview, Pei Pei described meaning replacement with an
interesting metaphor that showed how she perceived in learning this strategy:
Meaning replacement strategy was like a method of paving a road. It finally,
little by little, brought us to the destination after we tried to build the way
very slowly. The method was slow, but it finally made us form our target
concept in an intelligible way. I believed meaning replacement at least built a
thinking direction that led me to the target meaning, just like offering me the
outlines for writing an article. It was like I was doing difficult homework. In
the beginning, I was not confident whether I was able to do it. After trying
little by little, I was able to get it done through referring to the similar
questions and closer answers.
In the first interview, Pei Pei perceived that this strategy was needed because it kept
the topic going:
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