Text comprehension
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Text comprehension is a very complex process, which is involved whenever we deal with texts. It shares many overlaps with reading comprehension; both cover cognitive, social and cultural competencies. Comprehension skills have been acknowledged as core competencies for being able to acquire knowledge, develop other skills and one’s identity as well as for taking part in the reproduction and further development of society (cf. OECD 2009: 23f). Due to the high impact of comprehension skills on the individual’s needs and sociocultural demands, there is a long tradition of specific educational programs designed to enhance these skills. In addition, issues concerning text comprehension have been and still are a major concern of different disciplines, particularly cognitive science, linguistics and psychology (e.g. psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, computer linguistics/artificial intelligence, sociolinguistics). Moreover, sociocultural theories originating from social sciences and cultural studies have contributed to research on text (and reading) comprehension. In line with discipline — specific epistemologies, differing approaches to text fall either under the cognitive or cultural turn.
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