Reader Question Formation as a Tool for Measuring Comprehension: Narrative and Expository Textual Inferences in a Second Language.

DuBravac, Stayc; Dalle, Mathieu

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ERIC Number: EJ646907

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Publication Date: 2002

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Reader Question Formation as a Tool for Measuring Comprehension: Narrative and Expository Textual Inferences in a Second Language.

DuBravac, Stayc; Dalle, Mathieu

Journal of Research in Reading, v25 n2 p217-31 Jun 2002

Considers how psychological models of first language (L1) textual comprehension distinguish between expository and narrative texts but are unclear on differences of inference generation between the two types of tests in a second language (L2). Shows that subjects generated more inferences for narrative texts while exhibiting more miscomprehension for expository texts. (SG)

Descriptors: French, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Second Language Learning, Text Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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