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Shannon, Albert J. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Argues that children with limited English-speaking ability are often misdiagnosed as poor readers on formal and informal measures of reading ability. Offers suggestions for management of true miscues made in oral reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Dialects, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Language Variation
Pintori, Adriana – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1995
The author discusses the preparation of a test of reading comprehension in Italian as a Second Language for Spanish university students and analyzes the results of the test. The article includes the reading passage and the test. (CFM)
Descriptors: College Students, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Italian
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Carkeet, David – Journal of Thought, 1979
The author, a college professor, cites specific instances in which his students misread examination questions. He considers his role in dealing with college students who have such poor reading ability. (SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Students, Editorials, Error Patterns