Reading Comprehension I: Discourse

P van den Broek, P Kendeou - The science of reading: A …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to read and comprehend texts is essential for all aspects of our lives–work,
education, participation in society, everyday life, and enjoyment. This chapter consists of …

Word-to-text integration in English as a second language reading comprehension

E Mulder, M van de Ven, E Segers, A Krepel… - Reading and …, 2021 - Springer
We assessed the relationship between word-to-text-integration (WTI) and reading
comprehension in 7th grade students (n= 441) learning English as a second language (L2) …

Incremental comprehension examined in event-related potentials: Word-to-text integration and structure building

C Perfetti, A Helder - Discourse Processes, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The study of word-to-text integration (WTI) provides a window on incremental processes that
link the meaning of a word to the preceding text. We review a research program using event …

Impact of word‐to‐text integration processes on reading comprehension development in English as a second language

E Mulder, M van de Ven, E Segers… - Journal of Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Word‐to‐text integration (WTI) can be challenging for second‐language (L2)
learners, although it can positively contribute to reading comprehension. The present study …

Thematic influences on word-to-text integration across a sentence boundary

A Helder, CA Perfetti… - Language, Cognition and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We report ERP evidence for local (preceding sentence) and global (thematic centrality)
influences on word-to-text integration. Helder et al. found that the preceding sentence, rather …

Word-to-text integration and antecedent accessibility: Eye-tracking evidence extends results of event-related potentials (ERPs).

KA Norberg, C Perfetti, A Helder - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Eye tracking and event-related potentials (ERPs) have complementary advantages in the
study of reading processes. We used eye tracking to extend ERP evidence of Helder et …

Integration and structure building across a sentence boundary: ERP indicators of definite/indefinite article, noun repetition, and comprehension skill effects

RC Calloway, CA Perfetti - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Text comprehension requires integrating meanings within and across sentences. However,
sentence boundaries mark an occasion for readers to begin a new structure–integration with …

Investigating the relationships of the N400 and P600 event-related potentials to meaning integration and retrieval processes

VR Rajkumar - 2024 - d-scholarship.pitt.edu
The N400 component of the event-related potential (ERP) has long been used within the
fields of reading and language comprehension to index the difficulty of semantically …

Why do You Read? Toward a More Comprehensive Model of Reading Comprehension: The Role of Standards of Coherence, Reading Goals, and Interest

RC Calloway - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Readers read for different purposes and the texts they read vary in topic and difficulty. These
situational factors influence standards of coherence—how much understanding a reader …