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Direct linkMesmer, Heidi Anne; Cunningham, James W.; Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
In this conceptual essay, we offer rationales and evidence for critical components of a working model of text complexity for the early grades. In the first three sections of the article, we examine word-level, syntax-level, and discourse-level features of text, posing questions for future research. In the fourth section, we address elements of…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Reader Text Relationship, Difficulty Level, Familiarity
Download full textShokouhi, Hossein; Maniati, Mahmood – English Language Teaching, 2009
This study was intended to determine whether or not the genre of a reading text affects the incidental vocabulary acquisition of L2 learners while reading. To this aim, 40 Iranian EFL students whose vocabulary knowledge was within a limited range (already determined by Nation's Vocabulary Levels Test) were divided into two groups of 20 each for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development
Martinez, Ana Cristina Lahuerta – International Journal of English Studies, 2009
The aim of this work is to analyse how Spanish readers react to English discourse markers in a text. We carry out an empirical study in which we ask three research question: (a) if there is any relationship between presence of discourse markers or absence of discourse markers and reading comprehension in English as a foreign language, (b) if there…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Familiarity, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedSpyridakis, Jan H.; Wenger, Michael J. – British Educational Research Journal, 1991
Reviews the literature on the effect of prior knowledge and text familiarity on document comprehension and usability. Discusses current methods for assessing subjects' topic familiarity. Presents an empirically based method for effectively assessing topic familiarity. Explains that the method includes use of two subject groups and reliance on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Familiarity, Higher Education, Prior Learning
Peer reviewedPeretz, Arna S.; Shoham, Miriam – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1990
Investigates hypothesis that topic familiarity and assessed difficulty of a text correlate positively with performance on reading comprehension tests. A study of 177 advanced students of English for Specific Purposes indicates that students' subjective evaluation of the relative difficulty of a reading text is not always a reliable index of their…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English for Special Purposes, Familiarity, Performance Factors
