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Peer reviewedLange, Dale L.; And Others – CALICO Journal, 1985
Presents the rationale behind a model for the use of the computer in the development of reading comprehension. Basic assumptions concerning reading are delineated. The model has three basic components: intake (text processing and text comprehension), personalization, and extension. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, French, German, Higher Education
Download full textFetter, Robert – 1996
A study investigated the applicability of the theory of tentative developmental stages in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) development (TDS), which posits specific sequences for specific language features and hypothesizes developmental stages that cut across those sequences. The six stages are defined by specified combinations of three speech…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Pack, Alice C., Ed. – 1977
This newsletter contains five articles. The first, "Discourse Structure in Reading," by Ron Shook, suggests that reading materials for the beginning ESL (English as a second language) reader often have three defects: (1) profusion of detail as question fodder; (2) an oversimplified syntax; and (3) an artificial construction that violates…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education
