Effect of cultural familiarity on reading comprehension performance: A case study of Vietnamese and Chilean EFL learners
Effect of cultural familiarity on reading comprehension performance: A case study of Vietnamese and Chilean EFL learners
This paper investigates the influence of cultural background knowledge on EFL reading comprehension. To explore the general assumption that cultural background knowledge helps students to better comprehend a text, a reading comprehension test including two passages describing a Vietnamese and a Chilean national holiday was developed.