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10000-01-01 Walker, Jerry L. Tirawanchai, Ketvalee 2011-05-07T12:19:56Z 2011-05-07T12:19:56Z 1996 Within the framework of the interactive theoretical model of comprehension and learning, this study investigated the use of text structure among EFL Thai students and its effects on their reading comprehension. It was designed with an underlying assumption that readers who possess the previously acquired knowledge of the organizational patterns of text will be aware of text structure and will utilize it as their strategic approach to text processing. This use of text structure, or the structure strategy, will therefore enhance their comprehension and learning from text. In addition, this study also examined if proficiency in English and intelligence mediated the effects of text structure use on EFL Thai students' text comprehension. One hundred and forty-five first-year undergraduate students participated in this study. They read short and long expository texts. After reading each short text, they attempted a written summary and after reading each long text, they attempted a written summary and responded to main-idea questions. Study results revealed that students with more English proficiency were able to use the structure strategy more effectively and efficiently than those with less English proficiency. In addition, students who employed text structure had significantly higher performances on all of the comprehension measures than those who did not, indicating that the use of text structure may have facilitated their comprehension and learning from text. Moreover, proficiency in English and intelligence did not mediate the effects of the use of text structure on students' discourse comprehension. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:19:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9702688.pdf: 6375485 bytes, checksum: 37e742f271acac7b699d6b269f3062c8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1996 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:39:42Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:16:47-05:00 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 9780591089592 AAI9702688 (UMI)AAI9702688 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19829 eng Copyright 1996 Tirawanchai, Ketvalee Education, Language and Literature Education, Reading Education, Higher The use of text structure among EFL Thai students and its effects on their reading comprehension text Education Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.