An Analysis of the Effect of Constituent Division of Reading Texts on Students of English as a Second Language Page: 16
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4. Confirming 4. May be unable to con-
firm or may wrongly
confirm out of unfa-
miliarity and/or native
language interference.
5. Correcting when 5. May not recognize mis-
necessary cue, may not know how
to correct miscue.
(Buck 1973:94-5)
Thus it can be seen that the ESL reader may have prob-
lems resulting from lack of proficiency in English or from
reading processing deficiencies. Reading may be depicted
as an interaction among the three factors discussed above:
conceptual abilities 4- background knowledge
'processing strategies
(Coady 1979:7).
A breakdown in this interaction, caused by weakness in one
or more of the three factors, leads to poor reading com-
prehension in the ESL reader.
The Reading Comprehension Process
The Relationship between the Listening
and Reading Processes
As early as the 1920s, Sapir saw a close relationship
between the reading process and the listening process. He
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Childress, Anita Gaye. An Analysis of the Effect of Constituent Division of Reading Texts on Students of English as a Second Language, thesis, December 1986; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501132/m1/21/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .