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Publication Date: 1986
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The Literate Bias of Classrooms: Helping the ESL Learner.
Francis Mangubhai
TESL Canada Journal, spec iss 1 p43-54 Nov 1986
When non-native English-speaking elementary school students, exposed to English in the school environment only, were given high-interest, well-illustrated reading materials in English, measures of reading comprehension, English structures, word recognition, oral sentence repetition, and composition writing indicated that second-language proficiency improved as well as academic achievement in other areas. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Comparative Analysis, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Grade 4, Grade 5, Language of Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Literacy, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Second Language Learning, Story Telling
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Fiji
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