Cognitive process in second language reading: transfer of L1 reading skills and strategies
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Interlanguage studies bulletin (Utrecht)
- Vol. 4 (2) , 133-155
- https://doi.org/10.1177/026765838800400203
Abstract
Two crosslinguistic experiments were conducted with 83 skilled readers from four contrasting L1 orthographic backgrounds. Experiment 1 tested the effects of blocking either visual or sound information on lexical decision-making. Experiment 2 examined the effects of heterographic homophones (e.g. eight and ate) on reading comprehension. Data from the two experiments demonstrate that the subjects utilize cognitive skills and strategies developed in their L 1 when reading English as an L2, suggesting that (a) L1-L2 cognitive process transfer does take place in L2 reading and also that (b) orthographic structure exerts a significant influence on cognitive processess in reading.Keywords
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