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Download full textMartinez, Ana Cristina Lahuerta – International Journal of English Studies, 2009
The aim of this work is to analyse how Spanish readers react to English discourse markers in a text. We carry out an empirical study in which we ask three research question: (a) if there is any relationship between presence of discourse markers or absence of discourse markers and reading comprehension in English as a foreign language, (b) if there…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Familiarity, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Engin, Ali Osman; Seven, Mehmet Ali – Online Submission, 2005
The aim of this research is to evaluate the effects of background knowledge, topic familiarity and interest on reading skill. In writing this, our greatest aim is to present such a work that will be used by all language teachers, by students in the foreign language department and by all those whose prospect is to be language teacher as a handbook.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Familiarity, Reading Skills, Background
