The relation of knowledge of textual integration devices to expository text comprehension under different assessment conditions

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1081-1108

  Sánchez, Emilio ^a   García, J Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Discourse markers; Literacy; Reading ability; Rhetorical competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349483013     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-008-9145-7     Document Type: Article

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