An Analysis of the Effect of Constituent Division of Reading Texts on Students of English as a Second Language Page: 55
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control group in either of these levels shows consistently
better results in the three areas analyzed.
Discussion
Graf and Torrey's study (in Clark and Clark 1977), in
which constituent line division was used in a reading ex-
periment with native English speakers, produced significant
results, while this study of ESL students did not. The dis-
crepancy between the results of the two studies can possibly
be explained by the fact that this study involved a non-
contrived reading procedure, i.e. one that allowed for
conventional, rather than line-by-line, processing.
The Graf and Torrey study made use of a tachistoscopic
reading machine which exposed the reading text line by line
at fixed intervals. In this study, on the other hand, an
effort was made to establish a conventional reading format.
That is, the reading was not timed, and the lines of the
text were not lost from view as reading proceeded. Sig-
nificant results might be obtained from a study of the ef-
fects of constituent versus non-constituent passages on
the reading comprehension of ESL students if subjects were
in a highly controlled experimental situation such as Graf
and Torrey's. Conversely, the effects of constituent
versus non-constituent passages on the reading comprehen-
sion of native English speakers might disappear in a more
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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/m1/60/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .