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Kauffmann, Ruth A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1996
Discusses the use of writing assignments to improve the capacity of literature students to read and analyze assigned texts in the foreign language. The approach provides a higher level of motivation for self-correction that will enable students to overcome, rather than formalize, their errors. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Essays, Higher Education, Literature, Reading Comprehension
Young, Lyn – 1993
Noting that a small portion of older emergent readers are usually found in all primary classes, this pamphlet discusses how teachers can help students with reading difficulties see how to fit together the snippets of literacy-related information they may have already acquired. After a brief introduction, the pamphlet suggests that children learn…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Primary Education