Semantic Constructivity in ESL Reading Comprehension.

Perkins, Kyle

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Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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Semantic Constructivity in ESL Reading Comprehension.

Perkins, Kyle

TESOL Quarterly, v17 n1 p19-27 Mar 1983

It was found that those who read English as a second language (ESL), like L1 individuals, use their knowledge of the world and contribute to information found in the text. However, ESL readers' contributions to the text may be marred by language interference, lack of background knowledge, faulty inferencing, and certain data- and resource-limitation phenomena. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Semantics, Sentence Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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