Effects of Seductive Details on Expository Text Comprehension Among Japanese EFL Readers
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- USHIRO Yuji
- University of Tsukuba
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- KIMURA Yukino
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba:The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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- HAMADA Akira
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba:The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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- HASEGAWA Yusuke
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba:The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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- SUZUKI Kentaro
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba
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- MORI Yoshinobu
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba
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- TANAKA Natsumi
- Graduate School, University of Tsukuba
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- Seductive Detailsが日本人EFL学習者の説明文読解に与える影響
Abstract
This study examined how seductive details, interesting but unimportant text information, influenced expository text comprehension of Japanese EFL learners. Whereas inserting seductive details originally aims to motivate learners to read complicated expository texts, past L1 studies suggest that such information distracts their attention from the main ideas of the text. In this study, 123 Japanese university students read an expository text either with or without seductive details (the +SD vs. the -SD condition), and then completed immediate and one-week-delayed recall tasks. The results of the recall tasks showed that the learners' attention was strongly drawn to the seductive details, regardless of their English reading proficiency. However, the seductive details did not hinder the learners' comprehension of the base text and main ideas. While the seductive details did not affect the quantity of text comprehension, detailed comparisons showed that they influenced what the learners remembered from the text. These findings suggest that seductive details do not always work negatively in expository reading, and the relationships between seductive details and surrounding contexts are closely relevant to whether seductive details have positive or negative effects.
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 26 (0), 29-44, 2015
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
- 1390001205823158656
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- NII Article ID
- 110010006579
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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
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed