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Kim, Kyung; Clariana, Roy B. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
This quasi-experimental investigation describes the influence of text signals on second language expository science text comprehension. In two course sections, mixed proficiency Korean English language learners (n = 88) read one of two print-based English expository text passage versions. Participants in one section (n = 44) were given a version…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests, Instructional Design, Statistical Analysis
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Kim, Kyung; Clariana, Roy B. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
Previous research has shown that the knowledge structure (KS) complexity of a first language (L1) under certain conditions can strongly influence the KS complexity established in a second language (L2), and then this more complex L2 KS reciprocally influences L2 text comprehension. This present experimental investigation seeks to identify the…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Kim, Kyung; Clariana, Roy B. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2015
In order to further validate and extend the application of recent knowledge structure (KS) measures to second language settings, this investigation explores how second language (L2, English) situation models are influenced by first language (L1, Korean) translation tasks. Fifty Korean low proficient English language learners were asked to read an…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Models