Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 91.1%, , course: Applied Linguistics, language: English, abstract: This study has sought to investigate the lexical inferencing strategies that Jordanian graduate and undergraduate learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) employ as they read to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words. It examines whether learners of various academic levels would use the same or different strategies.