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The Effects of Word Frequency and Contextual Richness on ESL Students' Word Identification Abilities.

Perkins, Kyle; Brutten, Sheila R. – 1982

Some of the major research on the effects of meaning, frequency, context, and redundancy on word identification in first language reading comprehension is reviewed. The research indicates that the ability to identify words accurately and automatically has a direct effect on comprehension; at the same time comprehension affects word identification.…

Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), English (Second Language), Higher Education

Comprehension ecrite et competence de communication. L'Enseignement de la competence de communication en langues secondes. (Written Comprehension and Communicative Competence. The Teaching of Communicative Competence in Second Languages). Acts of the Colloquium of the Swiss Interuniversity Commission for Applied Linguistics, CILA Bulletin.

Duda, Richard – 1976

The immediate objective of this course in technical English was to enable French-speaking mechanics and technicians to read the instructions for the installation, operation and upkeep of American-made machinery. Although the learners knew very little English, available British and American technical documents were used because of their…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Decoding (Reading), English for Special Purposes