A Psycholinguistic Analysis of the Reading Behavior of EFL-Proficient Readers Using Culturally Familiar and Culturally Nonfamiliar Expository Texts.

Malik, Ali Asghar

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Publication Date: 1990

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A Psycholinguistic Analysis of the Reading Behavior of EFL-Proficient Readers Using Culturally Familiar and Culturally Nonfamiliar Expository Texts.

Malik, Ali Asghar

American Educational Research Journal, v27 n1 p205-23 Spr 1990

The oral reading behavior of 15 English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) proficient Iranian readers was psycholinguistically analyzed. Results show that cultural schemata affected the reading comprehension and strategies of EFL-proficient readers reading expository texts. (SLD)

Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Expository Writing, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Psycholinguistics, Reading Skills, Schemata (Cognition)

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Language: English

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