First and Second Language Readers Distinguishing Fact From Opinion: An Exploratory Study
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description: Results were examined by groups, items, and individuals. These results indicated that readers used evidentials and relied on the first part of combined sentences in making fact and opinion evaluations. The more proficient second language readers evaluated most sentences similar to first language readers. Two differences that emerged between first language and second language readers included: L1 readers evaluated inferential evidentials as more factual than L2 readers; L1 readers evaluated the ambiguous simple sentence John was wrong as more factual than L2 readers. When it was included in combined sentences, L1 readers appeared to use this complement to evaluate the combined sentences. Finally, some readers applied criteria that were more factual or more opinion in their evaluation of the sentences.
abstract: Results were examined by groups, items, and individuals. These results indicated that readers used evidentials and relied on the first part of combined sentences in making fact and opinion evaluations. The more proficient second language readers evaluated most sentences similar to first language readers. Two differences that emerged between first language and second language readers included: L1 readers evaluated inferential evidentials as more factual than L2 readers; L1 readers evaluated the ambiguous simple sentence John was wrong as more factual than L2 readers. When it was included in combined sentences, L1 readers appeared to use this complement to evaluate the combined sentences. Finally, some readers applied criteria that were more factual or more opinion in their evaluation of the sentences.
author: Graney, John Michael
language: eng
keywords: Education, Reading
date published: 2015-09-25T19:55:47Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:13Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80170