Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Modern Languages
Department
Modern Languages
First Advisor
Tamara Warhol
Second Advisor
Larisa Warhol
Third Advisor
Corina Petrescu
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
Reading comprehension is one of the crucial skills for the students enrolled or planning to enroll in language learning courses at North American universities. In order to be able to read academic texts, the students need to develop strong comprehension skills. The present study plays an important role in the field of second/foreign language (L2/FL) acquisition due to its attempt to investigate those classroom practices that can foster reading comprehension among international students learning English as a second language and American students learning German as a foreign language. The present study analyzes the influence of two interventions on reading comprehension of L2/FL college-level students. While some research described the positive effect of vocabulary knowledge (Anderson and Freebody, 1984; Laufer, 1997, Carlo et al., 2004) and prior acquisition of information (Palincsar and Brown, 1984; Anderson, 1999, Mehrpour and Rahimi, 2010) on students' performance on reading comprehension tasks, there is not enough research in the body of knowledge involving both ESL and German as a foreign language learners. This work draws on a quantitative study of three groups presented with three articles and a series of post-reading tasks. The data for this study stem from the tests that each group completed within a period of three weeks. The present study allows the researcher to gain more insights into the complexity of reading comprehension process of L2/FL learners, and the results of this research can be beneficial for instructors working with L2/FL college-level learners.
Recommended Citation
Velezheva, Anna, "The Influence Of Interventions On Reading Comprehension In A Second And Foreign Language" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 902.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/902
Concentration/Emphasis
Emphasis: Linguistics