Where and when did I find this word?
I found this word in a scholarly article entitled, Conversing with Miguel: An adolescent English language learner struggling with literacy development by Elaine Rubinstein-Avila. This paper was authored by Miguel's summer literacy program tutor. This is one of the more enlightening article that I've read about English language learners because it contains the first-hand student account of their own literacy development,while most scholarly papers offer professional insights into ELL literacy development.
What does this word mean?
In psychology, phenomenology is used to refer to subjective experiences or their study. In regards to relating to experiences, phenomenological research emphasizes the importance of how people experience and feel things.
What is my familiarity with this word?
I have zero familiarity with this word.
Do I want to know this word and why?
I do want to know this word. the paper it was found in was the same type of research paper that I am required to complete in order to graduate. Phenomenological research is important to my major of study. Literacy is such a personal experience that to study it without studying the experiences and the feelings that it conjures would be neglecting a large part of the literacy development continuum.
Do I want others to know this word?
Unless you are in a field where such words should be mastered , it is probably not a very important word for everyone to know
Sophia, please use a specific source to define the term. It would be helpful to include the specific sentence from the original article where you found this word.
ReplyDeleteI would also recommend referring people to the World English Dictionary entry found on this page:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/phenomenological