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Savignon, S.J. Riley, Gail Lynne 2011-05-07T11:55:41Z 2011-05-07T11:55:41Z 10000-01-01 1990 Schema theory has had a profound impact on second language reading research in the last decade. A schema-theoretic view of reading acknowledges the role of the reader as an active participant whose background knowledge allows him or her to reconstruct meaning from a text. Background knowledge is not only linguistic, but includes knowledge of the content area of a given text, as well as knowledge of its rhetorical organization. Few studies have focused on the effects of the rhetorical organization of texts and little research has been done on how L2 readers of French interact with narrative texts. The present study explores the effects of story grammar of a French narrative story on comprehension and recall by L2 readers of French. A comparison of first-, second-, and third-year L2 learners' recall of three structural organizations of the same story was conducted. The three story organizations consisted of an ideal story grammar version where the narrative structure matches the canonical order of events, a flashback version, and a version that violates the ideal story grammar. The total number of nodes recalled were analyzed as well as the type, or category, of node in an effort to determine if deviations from an ideal story grammar affect the overall amount and accuracy of recall of the story. The number of additions made by subjects to the material found in the story were also examined. Findings indicate that both Story Organization and Language Level impact on L2 readers' comprehension and recall of short narrative stories. The research presented here may lend insight into both text-based and reader-based factors that influence comprehension. The data suggest that when a story conforms to L2 readers' structural expectations, it is more memorable. Furthermore, analyses of both category effects and additions suggest that L2 readers use a story schema to organize their recalls. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T11:55:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9114388.pdf: 4784021 bytes, checksum: b3817f1889db7ee0695b46affd885856 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1990 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:34:22Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:13:05-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9114388 (UMI)AAI9114388 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19058 eng Copyright 1990 Riley, Gail Lynne Education, Language and Literature Language, Modern Effects of story grammar on reading comprehension of L2 readers of French text French French University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.