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Second Language Text Comprehension: Processing within a Multilayered System
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Donin, Janet; Graves, Barbara; Goyette, Els – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2004
The results of a within-subject cross-language study of text comprehension in adult second language (L2) learners are presented. Text comprehension and sentence reading time measures were obtained for matched narrative and procedural texts in English and French from adult learners of French as a second language (FSL) at two levels of French…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, French, Adult Students, Reading Comprehension
Rational Cloze and Retrospection: Insights into First and Second Language Reading Comprehension.
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MacLean, Margaret; d'Anglejan, Alison – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1986
Reports a study which investigated the use of rational cloze procedure in conjunction with retrospection or introspection assessment techniques to examine how individuals understand text in both first and second languages, especially the use of contextual constraints. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, English, French
Writing Processes in French and English of Fifth Grade French Immersion Students.
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Fagan, William T.; Hayden, Helen Mary – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1988
A study of the writing processes of ten fifth-grade French immersion students examined 22 features of their writing in both English and French. Differences across languages occurred in eight features, and students displayed a wide range of writing process behaviors in both languages. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English, French