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Summaries Chapter Seven |
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Reading
and memory
processes Knowledge
of conventional situations (scripts) is important to L2 use. Background
knowledge (schemata) is important to L2 learners. Use
of ‘vague words’ hinders lower level learners. |
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L2
learning
and listening
processes L2
listening is an active process involving background schemas, etc. Both
‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ parsing are involved. Ineffective
L2 students rely too much on bottom-up parsing. |
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Listening,
Reading and Teaching ·
Build
up students’ background knowledge. ·
Vocabulary
should be emphasized in the teaching of texts. ·
Allow
for students’ inherent loss of efficiency in processing the L2. · Help students to appreciate different cultural schemas. · Teaching involves getting students both to decode messages and to codebreak the language system from what is heard
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