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Applying SPSE Model to the Comprehension of Text Organization by EFL Learners Hussein Shokouhi Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran Seyyed Mohammad Reza Adel Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran Abstract In order to test the effect of discourse organization on reading comprehension, two expository texts having an SPSE (situation- problem-solution- evaluation) pattern were adminestered to a group of 30 undergraduate EFL students from Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz who had been screened from among 100 students.
The results of the study confirmed that the subjects had relatively more difficulty in recalling the evaluation and the solution sections, and in particular the details of 'solution', than other sections of the expository texts, It is concluded that in addition to language proficiency, other factors such as voice and cognition which contribute to the organization of text and hence to the comprehensibility of it are essential.
Key words: Discourse organization, reading, SPSE model (situation, problem, solution, evaluation), voice INTRODUCTION Discourse organization, a fairly recent phenomenon in the acquisition of reading, can be very crucial in understanding and processing of this language component (Carrell, 1984; Swales, 1990; Grabe, 1991; Hunston & Thompson, 2000; Barron, 2003, among others).
Several types of discourse structure such as description, time-order, cause-effect, definition-example, comparison-contrast, and problem-solution have so far been identified seminal to text organization.
Afterwards, each recall protocol was analyzed separately for each section of the model (situation, problem, solution, evaluation) to determine whether or not it followed the SPSE pattern of the original text.