The Effect of Cohesion Awareness on the Reading Comprehension of Scientific Texts: The Case of Third Year Students in the Department of Biology and Agriculture at MMUTO
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2016
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University Mouloud Mammeri of Tizi-Ouzou
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The present study is concerned with the impact of cohesion awareness on reading
comprehension of scientific texts. It aims at determining the extent to which knowledge of
cohesion can help improve reading comprehension. The research is based mainly on two
theoretical frameworks; Rumelhart’s Schema Theory (1980) and Perfetti’s Lexical Quality
Hypothesis (1994). The research concerns third year BMD students in the department of Biology
and Agriculture at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou. To this end, the present
investigation is based on a mixed (quantitative and qualitative) method research. It uses a
questionnaire that is distributed for a group of fifty students, for the sake of gathering more data,
a test is opted for. The data are analyzed according to the qualitative content analysis and a
statistical method of analysis (SPSS). On the basis of the results of the study, it is concluded that
students are interested in reading in English. However, they face difficulties to understand texts.
The results also reveal that if the students become more familiar with cohesion, this will help in
improving their reading comprehension.
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Langage et Communication