Reverse Cohesion Effect in Second-Language Reading Comprehension: A Preliminary Study

EasyChair Preprint no. 3835

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of text cohesion on second-language reading comprehension. Twenty Japanese undergraduates read both low- and high-cohesion texts in English and performed free written recall. The results showed that low-proficiency readers recalled more information from high-cohesion texts than from those with low cohesion. However, highly proficient readers had the opposite tendency, indicating that the benefits of high cohesion are restricted to relatively poor readers while proficient readers are assisted by low-cohesion texts.

Keyphrases: comprehension, expository text, free written recall, L2 reading, text cohesion

@Booklet{EasyChair:3835,
  author = {Tomoko Ogiso},
  title = {Reverse Cohesion Effect in Second-Language Reading Comprehension: A Preliminary Study},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 3835},

  year = {EasyChair, 2020}}