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In:Reading Comprehension in Educational Settings
Edited by José A. León and Inmaculada Escudero
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy 16] 2017
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Chapter 6
What is so difficult about expository text?

 | University of Kentucky
Published online: 19 October 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.16.06lor
Article outline
  • What is so difficult about expository text?
    • Early cognitive theories of expository text representation and processing
    • Cognitive theories of narrative representation and processing
    • Challenges to understanding processing of expository text
      • 1.The reading goal
      • 2.The text content
      • 3.Text structure
      • 4.Processing
  • Summary: What is so difficult about expository text?
  • Suggestions for future research
  • References
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