See How They Read: Comprehension Monitoring of L1 and L2 Readers.

Block, Ellen

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ERIC Number: EJ448701

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Publication Date: 1992

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See How They Read: Comprehension Monitoring of L1 and L2 Readers.

Block, Ellen

TESOL Quarterly, v26 n2 p319-43 Sum 1992

Illustrates the comprehension-monitoring process used by first (L1) and second (L2) language readers of English as they read expository prose and compares the comprehension-monitoring strategies of L1 and L2 readers with respect to two problems: locating a referent and defining a vocabulary item. (59 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Metacognition, Native Speakers, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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