Effects of Searching for Rhetorical Relations on University-Level Text Comprehension in L2

Autor/inn/en	Sladoljev-Agejev, Tamara; Kolic-Vehovec, Svjetlana
Titel	Effects of Searching for Rhetorical Relations on University-Level Text Comprehension in L2
Quelle	In: Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 35 (2022) 5, S.1035-1057 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sladoljev-Agejev, Tamara) ORCID (Kolic-Vehovec, Svjetlana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0922-4777
DOI	10.1007/s11145-021-10209-7
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Business Administration Education; Reading Strategies; Reading Comprehension; Rhetoric; Second Language Learning; Notetaking; Accuracy; Instructional Materials + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Leseverstehen; Rhetorik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien
Abstract	Establishing relations between concepts and ideas is vital for university-level reading. However, students often understand expository text only superficially (Graesser, 2007), especially in the case of a second language (L2). Insufficiently developed linguistic competence, inadequate prior knowledge or weaker reading skills may all lead to a lack of deep comprehension. Our aim was to examine the effects of a macrostructure-based reading strategy of searching for rhetorical relations on the comprehension of a text in English as L2. A quasi-experimental study was conducted in which junior undergraduate students of business and economics were trained to establish the rhetorical structure of an expository text (c. 900 words). During reading, students were required to make graphically organized notes with explicit rhetorical relations, write linear-text summaries and answer comprehension questions. Analysis of the students' notes and summaries showed the positive effects of the training on knowledge construction and text integration (e.g., relevance, coherence, accurate rhetorical relations). Some aspects of note accuracy were negatively affected, and no effects were found on note completeness, local summary accuracy and answers to comprehension questions. The results indicate that the applied strategy significantly enhances macroprocessing leading to text integration. The revealed comprehension gaps point to the need to avoid the mechanical application of the strategy and a loss of detail in locally-oriented tasks. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01