Effects of Reading Perspective on EFL Learners' Summary Writing and Importance Rating
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- USHIRO Yuji
- University of Tsukuba
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- KAI Akari
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba
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- NAKAGAWA Chikako
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba:The Japan Society, for the Promotion of Science
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- WATANABE Fuyumi
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba
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- HOSHINO Yuko
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba:The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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- SHIMIZU Haruka
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- Reading PerspectiveがEFL学習者の要約作成と重要度判定に及ぼす影響
Abstract
The effects of reading perspective on summarization have not been investigated in previous studies even though many researchers have confirmed its influence on reading processes and comprehension. Through two experiments, the present study examined how EFL learners' perspective in reading affects their summary writing processes, including importance rating and application of macrorules. Experiment 1 showed that reading perspective influenced the reader's evaluation of information importance, whereas it had no significant effect on the selection of information to be included in summaries - a result which might have been caused by the lenient restriction on summary length. Hence, in Experiment 2, the effects of reading perspective were re-examined with a shorter summary task. Contrary to Experiment 1, the results revealed the significant influence of reading perspective on the selection of information as well as on the application of two other macrorules: generalization and construction. These findings suggest the importance of providing reading perspective in summary writing as well as the possibility that summary length influences the application of macrorules.
Journal
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- ARELE: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan
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ARELE: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan 20 (0), 11-20, 2009
The Japan Society of English Language Education
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680798800512
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- NII Article ID
- 110008512365
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- ISSN
- 24320412
- 13448560
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed