第二言語学習者の文章理解における要点選択と要点構造化の役割

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This study investigates the effects of “main ideas selecting” and “main ideas organizing” activities on second language learners' comprehension of expository texts. A total of 68 intermediate-level students of Japanese participated in the study. The participants were assigned to one of 4 groups: 1) a “main ideas selecting” group, 2) a “main ideas selecting” and “main ideas organizing” group, 3) a “main ideas organizing” group, and 4) a control group. After the reading activities, a recall test was conducted. The results indicate that the “main ideas selecting” activity assisted comprehension of the main ideas and that the “main ideas organizing” activity facilitated comprehension of the text's structure. Moreover, the “main ideas selecting” activity facilitated second language learners in producing elaborate inferential information. Finally, the roles of the “main ideas selection” and the “main ideas organization”activities for second language learners are discussed.