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McConkie, George W.; Zola, David – 1980
Results from studies of language identification in noise and of word identification from tachistoscopic presentation clearly indicate that contextual information can be used to facilitate word identification under inadequate stimulus conditions. But these results do not provide strong evidence that such an interaction is occurring during normal…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Literature Reviews, Reading Processes, Reading Research
Brooks, Greg – 1982
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century models of first and second language reading are examined and compared. Figures are provided of six models that propose relationships among visual input and processes, auditory input, phonological processes, and comprehension. These models illustrate the processes that may be operating in persons who achieve their…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Comparative Analysis, Literacy, Models
Richardson, Ian M. – 1993
A discussion of the visual aspect of second-language reading processes proposes a theoretical model of reading and reports on research into the kinds of questions second-language students ask in class. The model of reading outlined is based on the operations of the human eye. Just as the operations of the lens (focus) change the picture at the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Henk, William A. – 1982
Behaviorism cannot adequately explain language processing. A synthesis of the psycholinguistic and information processing approaches of cognitive psychology, however, can provide the basis for a speculative analysis of reading, if this synthesis is tempered by a perceptual learning theory of uncertainty reduction. Theorists of information…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Skills, Learning Theories, Models
Yeaman, Andrew R. J. – 1985
In an increasingly technological society, there is a social need for designing communication technology around the perceptual abilities and cognitive strategies of people. A growing demand for information has created additional pressure on emerging communication technologies to provide electronic alternatives to the printed page. Design depends…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Design Requirements

Richaudeau, Francois; Basista, Yvonne V., trans. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Presents six diagrams that describe what happens when a text is read. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading), Eye Fixations, Eye Movements