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Lin, Grace Hui Chin – Online Submission, 2019
This linguistic research introduces Communication Strategies (CS) which can be applied to interpret medical terminologies. Jeffrey Cordell (2019) mentions using computer interpretation is also a good way to make the terms being displayed and interpreted by certain apps. This study focused on humanized environment of clinic or hospital that…
Descriptors: Medicine, Vocabulary, Communication Strategies, Interlanguage
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Briggs, Pamela; Underwood, Geoffrey – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1982
A set of four experiments investigates the relationship between phonological coding and reading ability, using a picture-word interference task and a decoding task. Results with regard to both adults and children suggest that while poor readers possess weak decoding skills, good and poor readers show equivalent evidence of direct semantic and…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Decoding (Reading), Difficulty Level
Boschi, Filippo; And Others – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
After reviewing previous research on the acquisition of vocabulary through contextual clues, research carried out with 429 students in the upper grades of an Italian elementary school is discussed. (12 references) (CFM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries