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Barry, Sue; Lazarte, Alejandro A. – Modern Language Journal, 1995
This study tested the effect of embedded clauses on recall for 48 English-speaking high school students reading Spanish historical texts. It found that the complexity of sentence structure seemed to cancel the advantage of previous exposure to the content domain. Contains 39 references. (MDM)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Difficulty Level, High School Students, Latin American History
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Barry, Sue; Lazarte, Alejandro A. – Modern Language Journal, 1998
Tested how domain-related knowledge, syntactic complexity, and reading topic influence inference generation in the written recalls of English-speaking participants after they read Spanish historical texts. Three types of inferences were examined: within-text inferences, elaborative inferences, and incorrect inferences. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Inferences, Knowledge Level, Language Tests, Prior Learning