Monitoring Global Coherence of Protagonist, Causal, and Intentional Dimensions in Second Language Reading: A Preliminary Study on Eye Tracking

EasyChair Preprint 3840

Abstract

This study investigated L2 readers’ monitoring of local and global coherence along the protagonist, causal, and intentional dimensions of narratives. Eighteen Japanese university students read English narratives containing context and target sentences separated by one (the local condition) or four filler sentences (the global condition) with their eye movements recorded. The results showed that readers constantly monitored protagonist coherence; however, they had increased difficulty monitoring causal and intentional coherence.

Keyphrases: L2 reading, coherence monitoring, eye tracking, narrative comprehension, situation models

@booklet{EasyChair:3840,
  author    = {Yuji Ushiro and Tomoko Ogiso and Shingo Nahatame and Masaya Hosoda and Yuko Hijikata and Yamato Sasaki and Ryuya Komuro and Kozo Kamimura},
  title     = {Monitoring Global Coherence of Protagonist, Causal, and Intentional Dimensions in Second Language Reading: A Preliminary Study on Eye Tracking},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3840},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}