The effect of cultural adaptation on EFL reading comprehension: the role of narrative nativization and foreign language attitude
This study examined the effect of cultural background knowledge on reading comprehension at inference and literal levels which was gained through reading an American short story that depicted either culturally familiar (nativized) or culturally unfamiliar (original) versions of the story. Subjects w...
Main Authors: | Mansoor Tavakoli, Salva Shirinbakhsh, Mohsen Rezazadeh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
2012
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5763/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5763/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5763/1/1422.pdf |
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