The importance of schemata to reading comprehension

The main purpose of the present paper is to examine how schema/schemata impact reading comprehension. It starts with the presentation of some definitions of key terms, such as reading (comprehension) and schemata, found in the literature, and moves to the discussion of the importance of schemata to...

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Autor: Oliveira, Sara Rejane de Freitas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Revista Horizontes de Linguística Aplicada
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/36644
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/horizontesla/article/view/36644
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:schemata
leitura e compreensão de textos
línguas estrangeiras
reading comprehension
foreign language
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Sumario:The main purpose of the present paper is to examine how schema/schemata impact reading comprehension. It starts with the presentation of some definitions of key terms, such as reading (comprehension) and schemata, found in the literature, and moves to the discussion of the importance of schemata to reading comprehension as evidenced by numerous studies carried out over the past 20 years.