A study on effects of background knowledge upon Ungku Omar Polytechnic Ipoh Students reading comprehension
<p>Schema Theory describes the process by which readers combine their own background knowledge with</p><p>new information from the text the readers are reading. Readers carry different schemata which are</p><p>often content/cultur...
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| Format: | thesis |
| Language: | eng |
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2004
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| Online Access: | https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=10469 |
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| Summary: | <p>Schema Theory describes the process by which readers combine their own background knowledge with</p><p>new information from the text the readers are reading. Readers carry different schemata which are</p><p>often content/culture specitic. To enable readers to form connections between pre existing background</p><p>knowledge and new knowledge from the text, pre reading tasks are often designed to build or</p><p>activate the reader" s schemata.</p><p>This research paper looked into the effects of background knowledge upon Ungku Omar P0lytechnic</p><p>(PUO) students reading comprehension, looking into the English for Specitic Purposes (ESP)</p><p>students achievement in reading familiar and unfamiliar text. In addition, this research paper</p><p>looked at the influence of the training sessions to activate /induced background knowledge. Lastly</p><p>this research paper looked at the role of vocabulary in enhancing PUO ESP students reading</p><p>comprehension.</p><p>This research adopted an experimental study of fifty eight elementary level students from the</p><p>engineering and business field. The students involved were in their third semester. The</p><p>instruments chosen were engineering and business text. A pre and post test was administered</p><p>with training sessions in between. Brainstorming sessions. semantic mapping and discussions were</p><p>conducted to build, stimulate or induced students background knowledge. The results obtained from</p><p>the two test confirmed that there is positive significant difference in the PlJO ESP</p><p>students' reading comprehension before and after training.</p><p></p> |
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