The effect of cultural adaptation on EFL reading comprehension: the role of narrative nativization and foreign language attitude

This study examined the effect of cultural background knowledge on reading comprehension at inference and literal levels which was gained through reading an American short story that depicted either culturally familiar (nativized) or culturally unfamiliar (original) versions of the story. Subjects w...

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Main Authors: Mansoor Tavakoli, Salva Shirinbakhsh, Mohsen Rezazadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2012
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5763/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5763/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5763/1/1422.pdf