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The Effects of Cultural Familiarity on Reading Comprehension
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Erten, Ismail Hakki; Razi, Salim – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2009
This study investigated whether cultural familiarity influences comprehension of short stories and whether nativizing the story or using reading activities can compensate for the lack of such familiarity. The study was conducted with 44 advanced-level students of English at a state university in Turkey. In a 2 x 2 experimental research design, the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Familiarity, Foreign Countries, Literary Genres