Toward Understanding the Effects of Cross-Cultural Schemata and Discourse Structure on Second Language Reading Comprehension.

Barnitz, John G.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Toward Understanding the Effects of Cross-Cultural Schemata and Discourse Structure on Second Language Reading Comprehension.

Barnitz, John G.

Journal of Reading Behavior, v18 n2 p95-116 1986

Reviews multidisciplinary research on second culture and second language reading comprehension to support the claim that second language reading is an interactive process, involving the interrelationship of cultural schemata and discourse structure. Argues for the roles of cultural schemata and discourse structure in an interactive model of first and second language reading. (RS)

Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature Reviews, Models, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Schemata (Cognition), Second Language Learning, Text Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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