Levels of Representation in L2 Reading Comprehension: Effects of L2 Proficiency, Prior Knowledge, and L1 Reading Skills

• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: Young-Geun Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.21 No.2, 1~25쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.06.30

영문 초록

A study was conducted to investigate the levels of representation in memory constructed as an outcome of L2 reading comprehension, and the effects of L2 proficiency, prior knowledge, and L1 reading skills on the construction of the representation. A total number of 128 Korean EFL learners participated in the study. Their L2 reading comprehension was tested through verification measure and comprehension questions designed to assess different levels of understanding including the sentence-level, textbase understanding and the situation model, or the deeper level of understanding of what the text is about. Results showed that the representation the L2 readers constructed was characterized as consisting of rather loose textbase understanding and relatively weak, but varying degrees of, situational understanding. Only L2 proficiency, among the three factors, appeared to have a significant effect on the levels of understanding in the representation the L2 readers constructed.

목차

Abstract

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Method

Ⅲ. Results

Ⅳ. Discussion and Conclusion

References

키워드

표상계층 제2 언어 읽기 이해 선지식 levels of representation L2 reading comprehension prior knowledge