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Publication Date: 1986
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Reading Comprehension in a Second Language: The Role of Conjunctions.
Geva, Esther
TESL Canada Journal, spec iss 1 p85-96 Nov 1986
A study of native English-speakers' (N=36) and English-as-a-second-language students' (N=60) understanding of conjunctions while reading indicated that more advanced ESL students were more capable of inferencing or using available logical relationships than were intermediate ESL students. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Conjunctions, Connected Discourse, Context Clues, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Native Speakers, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure
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