Academic Journal
The Role of Knowledge of Connectives in Comprehension of a German Narrative Text
| العنوان: | The Role of Knowledge of Connectives in Comprehension of a German Narrative Text |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Kohnen, Nicole (ORCID |
| المصدر: | Journal of Research in Reading. May 2019 42(2):371-388. |
| الاتاحة: | Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2019 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Grade 9 High Schools Junior High Schools Middle Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | German, Knowledge Level, Form Classes (Languages), Grade 9, Reading Fluency, Reading Strategies, Standardized Tests, Semantics, Metacognition, Structural Equation Models, Vocabulary Skills, Reading Comprehension, Correlation, Teaching Methods, Reading Tests, Bilingualism, Monolingualism |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1467-9817.12273 |
| تدمد: | 0141-0423 |
| مستخلص: | Background: Connectives, such as "because" or "although," explicitly indicate how to semantically link individual segments of a text. Knowledge of connectives has been shown to significantly contribute to variance explanation in comprehension of English and Dutch texts, particularly amongst monolingual students and students with high metacognitive knowledge. The present study assessed the applicability of these findings to German narrative texts. Methods: Structural equation modelling was performed on a study of 456 ninth graders. Tasks mainly consisted of standardised tests. Results: Controlling for general vocabulary knowledge, reading fluency and knowledge of reading strategies, knowledge of connectives significantly and positively related to text comprehension for monolingual students, whereas there was no significant effect for bilinguals. Knowledge of connectives did not interact with knowledge of reading strategies. Conclusions: It may be beneficial to teach deep knowledge of connectives, in combination with further language knowledge essential to understand individual elements of a text, for example, vocabulary. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ1213014 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 0141-0423 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/1467-9817.12273 |