THEORY CHAP 5

In the bottom-up model of reading  comprehension, a reader processes a text via  constructing meaning using background  knowledge, contextual information and other  strategies.

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Background knowledge provides a reader  with understanding of a certain culture and  language.

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In the bottom-up reading model, a reader can  find it easy to recognize idiomatic  expressions, grammatical structures and word  order for a specific language.

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Schemata aren’t a part of background  knowledge.

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Defective comprehension may result from the  combination of the two both top-down and  bottom-up models of reading.

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 In an interactive model of comprehension, a  reader can grasp the meaning of a text based  on his interaction with the text rather than  exploit the reality hidden in the text.

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In spite of different background knowledge  and experiences, readers face no variability in  their interactive model of comprehension.

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In translation, it is thanks to a common core  of representation shared by the reader and the  writer that translators may be affected in  finding equivalence.

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In spite of a range of frame available in  bilingual dictionaries, a translator may not  easily select the most common one(s)  associated with the proper context for the  translated text.

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It is advisable that translators conceive that  dictionary equivalents may not fit across  languages.

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