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Direct linkAbbott, Marilyn L. – Language Learning, 2006
This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that reading comprehension items, which elicit specific bottom-up and top-down strategies, favor certain linguistic/cultural groups. Verbal report data were collected from Arabic- and Mandarin-speaking English as a second language (ESL) learners to identify the reading strategies involved in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Strategies, Individual Differences
