Empirical examination of EFL readers' use of rethorical information  

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Martinez, Ana Cristina Lahuerta

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: English for Specific Purposes (Full Text) vol. 21 no. 1 (2002), page 81-98.
Topik: Conscious recognition of structure; Reading comprehension; Reproduction; Rhetorical resources; Reading aid
Fulltext: 21_01_Martinez.pdf (131.28KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/ESP/21 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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The present paper investigates the use of text structure as a tool to facilitate and improve EFL students' comprehension of a text written in a foreign language. It explains the results of an experimental study carried out to analyse the relationship between use of the rhetorical organization that a text employs, on the one hand, and the comprehension and the reproduction of information of the text on the other. We find that it is only when reproduction and conscious recognition coincide in the reader, that the structure has a positive effect on reading comprehension and reproduction of the information presented in a text. When the reader does not recognize the organization of the text (even if he reproduces it), this structure does not affect the reader's performance. In this way making readers aware of the rhetorical organization becomes our first criterion for an approach to structure as a teaching instrument.

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