Comprehension and Text Genre: An Analysis of Secondary School Foreign Language Readers.

Allen, Edward D.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1988

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Comprehension and Text Genre: An Analysis of Secondary School Foreign Language Readers.

Allen, Edward D.; And Others

Modern Language Journal, v72 n2 p163-72 Sum 1988

More than 1,500 high school foreign language students were tested for comprehension of authentic texts. First- through fifth-year French, German, and Spanish students read texts of the types mentioned in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines at the intermediate and intermediate high levels. All students captured some meaning from each of the texts. (LMO)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, French, German, High School Students, High Schools, Language Proficiency, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Spanish

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