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1 | 2021 thesis | The effects of cultural based texts on upper primary school students reading comprehension Indhira Thirunavukarasu Acquiring reading comprehension is a very challenging task especially among English as a second
language readers as it does not only depend on the information in the printed text but also on
the activation of information or schemata in the reader’s mind. Schema theory proposes that a
reader’s background knowledge impacts memory, reading comprehension, interpretation
and reading rate. The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of cultural
based texts on reading comprehension in a multi-racial setting. An exploratory case study research
design was used in this research. The retelling technique in written form and an interview
was used as instruments in this research to find out respondents’ comprehension of the
culturally familiar and unfamiliar texts. In addition, a comprehension test was administered
to gather data. The re..... 841 hits |