Teaching Reading Strategies and Reading Comprehension Within a Technology-Enhanced Learning Environment.

Dreyer, Carisma; Nel, Charl

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ERIC Number: EJ673161

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Publication Date: 2003

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Teaching Reading Strategies and Reading Comprehension Within a Technology-Enhanced Learning Environment.

Dreyer, Carisma; Nel, Charl

System, v31 n3 p349-65 Sep 2003

Many South African students who enroll in higher education are underprepared and have low reading ability. Outlines the reading strategic component of an English for professional purposes course offered for such students in a technology-enhanced environment. Results indicate that students who received strategic reading instruction received higher marks on reading comprehension measures than students in a control group. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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