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Research on Good and Poor Reader Characteristics: Implications for L2 Reading Research in China
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Pang, Jixian – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2008
In reading research, studies on good and poor reader characteristics abound. However, these findings remain largely scattered in applied linguistics and cognitive and educational psychology. This paper attempts to synthesize current theory and research on the topic in the past 20 years along 3 dimensions: language knowledge and processing ability,…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Educational Psychology, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Learning
Some Issues in Studying the Role of Schemata, or Background Knowledge, in Second Language Comprehension.
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Carrell, Patricia L. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1983
Two unresolved issues in first language and second language research on the role of background knowledge in comprehension are discussed: (1) the theoretical distinction between "content" and "formal" schemata and their interrelationship in texts and (2) the relationship of effects measured in cross-cultural research to background knowledge that…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Research