Resumen

OCHOA SIERRA, LICIA  y  CUEVA LOBELLE, ALBERTO. Problem of coherence and cohesion of texts as factors affecting reading comprehension. Zona prox. [online]. 2025, n.42, pp.73-103.  Epub 02-Ene-2025. ISSN 2145-9444.  https://doi.org/10.14482/zp.42.656.252.

In the present research, the relationship between textual coherence and cohesion problems and global textual comprehension performance in students of three educational levels was investigated. It was hypothesized that coherence and cohesion problems affect reading comprehension. The methodology was quantitative-descriptive with a quasi-experimental design, as the hypothesis was tested employing an experiment with two groups (control and experimental). In the control group, a reading comprehension test was performed with the original version of the text, and in the experimental group, the text was modified to improve its coherence and cohesion.

The statistical results show that the problems of coherence and cohesion do not affect global comprehension in students of higher grades such as 11th grade or university students, but they do in students of lower grades (5th grade). It is also evident that certain errors that occur consistently in the three populations may be induced by the absence of textual coherence and cohesion. The findings are explained from a psycholinguistic view of reading.

Palabras clave : Coherence; cohesion; reading; processing; comprehension.

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