Publications

Publication details [#50245]

Kang, Hee-Won. 1992. Cultural interference in second language reading. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 2 (1) : 95–119.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

inference | language and culture | reading, L2-acquisition of | text, comprehension of

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

This study explores how culture-specific background knowledge and inferences affect adult Korean second-language readers' text comprehension of a short story from another culture.