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Reading Comprehension and Text Organization

Reading in a Foreign Language, 2003, Vol.15 (2), p.164 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center Oct 2003 ;EISSN: 1539-0578

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  • Title:
    Reading Comprehension and Text Organization
  • Author: Wade, Sharynne
  • Subjects: Asian students ; Classrooms ; Cognitive style ; Culture ; Education ; Foreign language learning ; Language ; Literature reviews ; Reading comprehension ; Secondary school students ; Teaching ; Text structure ; Writing
  • Is Part Of: Reading in a Foreign Language, 2003, Vol.15 (2), p.164
  • Description: Formulated as null hypotheses, these state that four different text organisations (description, cause-effect, listing, problem-solution) will not affect reading http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl Web End =http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl RFL 15.2 Wade review of Reading Comprehension and Text Organization comprehension, nor will gender, language proficiency or the experimental measure used (p. 68-69). Of particular value in this and other chapters is Sharp's explanation of inconsistencies in the findings of previous research. Because he gives relevant details of experimental design, the reader is able to see where direct comparisons of past studies can (and cannot) be made. There are some surprising findings: firstly, analysis of cloze scores revealed that the more loosely structured text was significantly better understood; secondly, the measure used yielded different findings (in fact, the quantitative recall showed no significant differences). http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl Web End =http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl 165 RFL 15.2 Wade review of Reading Comprehension and Text Organization Interestingly, the rankings with respect to text comprehension were not affected by gender nor proficiency level. [...]he suggests that the difference in production required by the recall protocol (full sentences) compared to the cloze (single words) may be one reason for the apparently inconsistent findings in his own study (p. 242).
  • Publisher: Honolulu: University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: EISSN: 1539-0578
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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    ProQuest Central
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