Embedded Clause Effects on Recall: Does High Prior Knowledge of Content Domain Overcome Syntactic Complexity in Students of Spanish?.

Barry, Sue; Lazarte, Alejandro A.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Embedded Clause Effects on Recall: Does High Prior Knowledge of Content Domain Overcome Syntactic Complexity in Students of Spanish?

Barry, Sue; Lazarte, Alejandro A.

Modern Language Journal, v79 n4 p491-504 Win 1995

This study tested the effect of embedded clauses on recall for 48 English-speaking high school students reading Spanish historical texts. It found that the complexity of sentence structure seemed to cancel the advantage of previous exposure to the content domain. Contains 39 references. (MDM)

Descriptors: Context Effect, Difficulty Level, High School Students, Latin American History, Recall (Psychology), Second Languages, Secondary Education, Spanish, Syntax

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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