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Cognates and other clues: strategies for comprehension. (Language Teaching & Learning).

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| September 22, 2001 | Chism, Rebeccca L. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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The act of reading consists of several hierarchal processes that play a key role in the construction of a situation model, that is, a mental representation of a literary text. However, a breakdown in the processing of incoming information can impair this construction and affect overall comprehension. The present study looked at the comprehension strategies of two third-semester French students when confronted with unfamiliar vocabulary. An analysis of the transcripts using a model of reading strategies (de Bot et al.,1997) revealed that the strategies employed can influence comprehension and thus an awareness of these strategies can be used to assist ...

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