Effective strategy groups used by readers of Chinese as a foreign language

dc.contributor.authorHuang, Sha
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-22T02:27:09Z
dc.date.available2020-05-22T02:27:09Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.description.abstractSecond language (L2) reading research suggests that successful reading comprehension usually involves a repertoire of strategies. Although Chinese is considered to be a challenging language for foreign language readers, thus far, few studies have investigated how strategies are orchestrated by readers of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) to enhance comprehension. This study investigated how L2 Chinese readers grouped multiple strategies to comprehend a Chinese text. Through think-aloud and recall protocols, observations, and interviews, it identified several strategy clusters and pairs that helped adult CFL readers to infer words, monitor comprehension, and segment words successfully. It also revealed interrelations between and among strategies within each cluster and pair. The results showed that successful use of strategies in CFL reading usually involves context and multiple linguistic cues. In addition, vocabulary and grammar knowledge play important roles in CFL readers’ use of reading strategies.
dc.identifier.doi10125/66736
dc.identifier.issn1539-0578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/66736
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.subjectsecond language reading
dc.subjectreading strategies
dc.subjectreading Chinese as a foreign language
dc.subjectadult CFL learners
dc.subjectthink-aloud protocol
dc.titleEffective strategy groups used by readers of Chinese as a foreign language
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
local.rfl.topicReading in Languages other than English
prism.endingpage28
prism.number1
prism.startingpage1
prism.volume30

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