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Peer reviewedPorter, Dwight – Journal of Reading, 1990
Argues that summarizing, paraphrasing, and precis writing skills are important to the development of critical thinking and the ability to learn from text. Describes the use of precis writing in the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classroom. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
