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Discourse Processing of First and Second Language Biology Texts: Effects of Language Proficiency and Domain-Specific Knowledge.

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Chen, Qin; Donin, Janet – Modern Language Journal, 1997

Investigates the effects of science students' domain-specific knowledge and language proficiency on local lexical and syntactic processing and on semantic and higher conceptual processing of biology texts written in the students' first and second languages. Results indicate that language proficiency affects lower-level processing and…

Descriptors: Biology, Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation