Reading in Spanish and English: Evidence from Adult ESL Student  

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Clarke, Mark A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies (Full Text) vol. 29 no. 1 (Jun. 1979), page 121-150.
Fulltext: 29_01_Clarke.pdf (1.88MB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LLE/29 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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The research discussed here attempted to determine if ta) pycholing- uistics could explain the reading behaviors of adult Spanish speakers reading in Spanish and in English, and cb) if theme readers transferred their -skills to English. The results of two studies are presented. In the first study, twenty-one adult Spanish-spealung ESL studenta took cloze testa in Spanish and in English. In the second study, the Spanish and English reading performances of a good L1 reader and a poor L1 reader were analyzed accordmg to established oral miscue procedures. The nisults of these studies confirm the peycholinguistic perspective of readmg for Spanmh @ens reading in Spamsh. However, it apPeare tbat language competence exerta a‘powerful effect on the reader, thereby reducing the g@ reader’s advantage over the poor reader when their performances in English are compared. It is concluded that a language competence aiiling effectrvely prohibits the complete transfer of L1 reading skills to the second language. It is suggested that limited command of the language produces a “short circuit” effect on good readers, forcing them to revert to “poor reader strategies.” Theoretical, pedagogical and methodologwd implications are discussed.

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