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Direct linkSaadatnia, Mahmood; Ketabi, Saeed; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between text structure and two levels of reading comprehension, namely literal and inferential, in Iranian EFL learners. Studies have generally found that learners perform differently after they have read different text structures (Amiri et al. in "Proc Soc Behav Sci"…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Text Structure
Dhanapala, Kusumi Vasantha; Yamada, Jun – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
This study aims to understand how EFL learners in different reading proficiency levels comprehend L2 texts, using five-component skills involving measures of (1) vocabulary knowledge, (2) drawing inferences and predictions, (3) knowledge of text structure and discourse organization, (4) identifying the main idea and summarizing skills, and (5)…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Inferences
Kaivanpanah, Shiva; Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
The role of grammatical knowledge in inferencing word meaning has not received proper attention in L2 research. Addressing this issue, the present paper provides research-based and introspective think-aloud data to examine the contribution of grammatical knowledge to inferencing the meaning of unknown words. It addresses (a) the effects of…
Descriptors: Semantics, Grammar, Linguistics, English (Second Language)
