Anaphora resolution in reading among Malaysian L2 English speakers : an eye-tracking investigation
In this study, eye tracking was utilized to investigate online reading behaviour and comprehension among a less studies L2 speakers of English. The main purpose of this study was to investigate anaphora resolution in reading among Malaysian L2 English speakers, focusing on three objectives: (1) to...
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Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2022
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20565/1/490-Article%20Text-720-1-10-20220917.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20565/ https://spaj.ukm.my/jws/index.php/jws/issue/view/27 |
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| Summary: | In this study, eye tracking was utilized to investigate online reading behaviour and comprehension
among a less studies L2 speakers of English. The main purpose of this study was to investigate anaphora
resolution in reading among Malaysian L2 English speakers, focusing on three objectives: (1) to identify
L2 English speakers’ gaze behaviour when reading sentences with anaphors; (2) to identify the
relationship between processing and comprehension of anaphors; and (3) to investigate the influence of
word-frequency on the processing of anaphor. This study employed the quantitative method to measure
the statisticalrelationship between the variables. This study involved 14 participants who were instructed
to read the texts silently and their eye movements were recorded using the Tobii X300 non- intrusive
eye-tracker with 300 Hz sample rate. The results indicated that generally the gaze behaviour of
Malaysian L2 English speakers when reading anaphora texts corresponded to paststudies using L1 and
L2 English speakers. Next, there were no apparent correlation observed between the processing of
anaphor sentences with comprehension performances of the participants. Finally, the word-frequency
ef ect on the whole is insignificant. Overall, advancedMalaysian L2 English speakers do not appear to
show significant dif iculties when reading anaphors. This study has provided some noteworthy findings
on the reading domain among L2 English speakers focusing on the processing and comprehending
during anaphora resolution since scarcely any research has been conducted locally on this topic. This
study added on andsubstantiated existing results from previous studies on L2 acquisition while filling
the gap in the aspects of the roles of word-frequency during anaphora resolution. Moreover, this study
has incorporated eye-tracking technology to validate findings in measuring reading fluency and
comprehension which no local studies have included when investigating anaphora resolution. |
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