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Direct linkTreiman, Rebecca; Kessler, Brett – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
Learning to read and spell involves learning about the written forms of words and how these are linked to language. Writing systems include formal patterns, which pertain to the appearance of written words, and functional patterns, which pertain to links between units of writing and units of language. We review the evidence that learners of a…
Descriptors: Spelling, Written Language, Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods
Kasper, Gabriele; Rose, Kenneth R. – Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies, 2002
This book examines how nonnative speakers develop pragmatic ability in a nonprimary language, focusing on acquisitional processes, conditions, and sequential patterns. Nine chapters discuss the following: (1) "Introduction to Second Language Pragmatic Development"; (2) "Theories of Second Language Pragmatic Development" (e.g., the acculturation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedBlack, Stephen; Thorp, Kay – Prospect, 1997
Interviews were conducted with a small group of multilingual students in an adult literacy class to examine how, at the individual student level, everyday literacy practices differ and intersect with a number of linguistic, cultural, and situational variables, and thus, how students' literacy needs differ in terms of a literacy program. (39…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
