Input-Schema Incompatibility and Its Impact on Message Comprehension : Assimilation and Accommodation Processes at Work

ISBN-13: 9783639087444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 104 str.

Esmat Babaii

Opis

Research into the relationship between schema§knowledge and language comprehension has mostly§focused on examining the effect of existence or§non-existence of stereotypical schema, making use of§conventional and predictable linguistic input. The§obtained results, however, may not be completely§generalizable to real language use that often exceeds§the limits of pre-established frames. With this in§mind, the express purpose of the present study was to§explore the effects of employing non-conventional and§atypical input on listening comprehension of EFL§learners at different levels of language proficiency.§Students and researchers interested in cognitive§processes involved in message comprehension,§specifically the trade-off between assimilation and§accommodation mechanisms, will find intriguing§psycholinguistic facts in the current investigation.

O autorze

Esmat Babaii, PhD: Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics.
Received her MA certificate in TEFL from the University for
Teacher Education, Iran, and her PhD in applied linguistics from
Shiraz University, Iran.