Comprehension of scientific texts in English as a foreign language: the role of cohesion

The reading of scientific texts is a challenge for students of all academic fields and levels. Whether it is a textbook in elementary education or a scientific paper in higher education, students are faced with a type of text which requires the reader's ability to generate inferences and the ab...

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Principais autores: Silva de Souza Filho, Neemias, Araújo de Freitas, Beatriz Helloyse, Weissheimer, Janaina
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spelling oai:periodicos.ufrn.br:article-109232017-05-31T16:29:00Z Comprehension of scientific texts in English as a foreign language: the role of cohesion Silva de Souza Filho, Neemias Araújo de Freitas, Beatriz Helloyse Weissheimer, Janaina Reading Comprehension. Cohesion. Scientific Texts. English as a Foreign Language. The reading of scientific texts is a challenge for students of all academic fields and levels. Whether it is a textbook in elementary education or a scientific paper in higher education, students are faced with a type of text which requires the reader's ability to generate inferences and the ability to fill informational gaps (BEST et al., 2005). This notion is in line with empirical evidence obtained by previous studies (e.g. OZURU et al., 2009). All of these works, however, were performed with native English speakers. In this sense, adopting the model of reading comprehension proposed by Kintsch (1998), we aimed to investigate if the results obtained by the previous studies, carried out with native speakers of English are also valid in a context of English as a foreign language. In addition, we pursue a methodological question, investigating whether the evaluation of reading comprehension through objective and subjective questions leads to convergent or divergent results. To investigate these questions, we analyze subjects’ answers to an objective questionnaire and in the production of a written summary. The results show that high-cohesion texts generate better results and point to possible research avenues. UFRN 2016-12-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/article/view/10923 Odisseia; No. 9 (2012); p. 88 - 96 Revue Odisseia; No. 9 (2012); p. 88 - 96 Revista Odisseia; n. 9 (2012); p. 88 - 96 1983-2435 por https://periodicos.ufrn.br/odisseia/article/view/10923/7692 Copyright (c) 2016 Revista Odisseia
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author Silva de Souza Filho, Neemias
Araújo de Freitas, Beatriz Helloyse
Weissheimer, Janaina
spellingShingle Silva de Souza Filho, Neemias
Araújo de Freitas, Beatriz Helloyse
Weissheimer, Janaina
Comprehension of scientific texts in English as a foreign language: the role of cohesion
author_facet Silva de Souza Filho, Neemias
Araújo de Freitas, Beatriz Helloyse
Weissheimer, Janaina
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title Comprehension of scientific texts in English as a foreign language: the role of cohesion
title_short Comprehension of scientific texts in English as a foreign language: the role of cohesion
title_full Comprehension of scientific texts in English as a foreign language: the role of cohesion
title_fullStr Comprehension of scientific texts in English as a foreign language: the role of cohesion
title_full_unstemmed Comprehension of scientific texts in English as a foreign language: the role of cohesion
title_sort comprehension of scientific texts in english as a foreign language: the role of cohesion
description The reading of scientific texts is a challenge for students of all academic fields and levels. Whether it is a textbook in elementary education or a scientific paper in higher education, students are faced with a type of text which requires the reader's ability to generate inferences and the ability to fill informational gaps (BEST et al., 2005). This notion is in line with empirical evidence obtained by previous studies (e.g. OZURU et al., 2009). All of these works, however, were performed with native English speakers. In this sense, adopting the model of reading comprehension proposed by Kintsch (1998), we aimed to investigate if the results obtained by the previous studies, carried out with native speakers of English are also valid in a context of English as a foreign language. In addition, we pursue a methodological question, investigating whether the evaluation of reading comprehension through objective and subjective questions leads to convergent or divergent results. To investigate these questions, we analyze subjects’ answers to an objective questionnaire and in the production of a written summary. The results show that high-cohesion texts generate better results and point to possible research avenues.
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