Recent studies have examined the effects of schemata, or background knowledge, in second language comprehension. This paper raises and discusses two unresolved issues found in both the first language and the second language-ESL research. Different researchers use different labels for the concept of background knowledge; in addition to schemata.
Recent studies have examined the effects of schemata, or background knowledge, in second language comprehension. This paper raises and discusses two unresolved issues found in both the first language and the second language-ESL research. Different researchers use different labels for the concept of background knowledge; in addition to schemata.
Recent studies have examined the effects of schemata, or background knowledge, in second language comprehension. This paper raises and discusses two unresolved issues found in both the first language and the second language-ESL research. Different researchers use different labels for the concept of background knowledge; in addition to schemata.