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Pairing Script and Dialogue: Combinations that Show Promise for Second or Foreign Language Learning.
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Holobow, N. E.; And Others – Language Learning, 1984
Describes a study to determine if the initial advantage of listening to first language dialogs while reading second language scripts (i.e., reversed subtitling) would hold up over time and if a combination of coordinated dialogs and scripts both in the second language would gain effectiveness through usage. (SED)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Elementary Education, French, Scripts
The Effects of First Language Orthographic Features on Second Language Reading in Text.
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Akamatsu, Nobuhiko – Language Learning, 2003
Investigated effects of first language (L1) orthographic features on second language (L2) reading. Three groups of fluent (L2) readers with different L1 backgrounds were given English passages printed in either alternated case or a normal manner and asked to read them for comprehension. Results suggest that because of L1 effects on basic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Non Roman Scripts, Orthographic Symbols