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A study of listening and reading comprehension problems of non-native speakers of English

This thesis has explored the problems of non-native speakers of English in listening and reading comprehension. Through analysis o f tests designed around particular features of the language which were thought to cause comprehension problems, the investigator was able to substantiate several factors of difficulty. These factors areA. knowing the meaning of vocabulary items,B. noting markers that; show relationships,C. ability to handle difficult sentence structures, D. answering questions where the answer is indirectly stated,E. drawing conclusions.The investigator also found that two additional factors strongly affected comprehension:F. answering questions where the wording is different from that of the original passage,G. finding answers when there is intervening material that interrupts the idea..The thesis has discussed formulation of the test questions, explaining what was expected from each question. It has also discussed results of the test questions in detail, suggesting possible problems that were working in each question.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/181168
Date January 1975
CreatorsEggleston, Susan A.
ContributorsRoss, Janet
Source SetsBall State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
Formatvi, 97 leaves ; 28 cm.
SourceVirtual Press

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