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Download full textNagao, Hirotaka – 2002
This paper discusses how to change English-as-a-Second-Language reading instruction within Japanese senior high schools into communication, or interaction between students and the text. It focuses on the use of top-down skills to increase reading comprehension, noting that Japanese teachers tend to naturally emphasize bottom-up skills and neglect…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension
