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Second Language Text Comprehension: Processing within a Multilayered System

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Donin, Janet; Graves, Barbara; Goyette, Els – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2004

The results of a within-subject cross-language study of text comprehension in adult second language (L2) learners are presented. Text comprehension and sentence reading time measures were obtained for matched narrative and procedural texts in English and French from adult learners of French as a second language (FSL) at two levels of French…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, French, Adult Students, Reading Comprehension

Rational Cloze and Retrospection: Insights into First and Second Language Reading Comprehension.

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MacLean, Margaret; d'Anglejan, Alison – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1986

Reports a study which investigated the use of rational cloze procedure in conjunction with retrospection or introspection assessment techniques to examine how individuals understand text in both first and second languages, especially the use of contextual constraints. (MSE)

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, English, French