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Direct linkSantoro, Lana Edwards; Baker, Scott K.; Fien, Hank; Smith, Jean Louise M.; Chard, David J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2016
The use of informational texts in the elementary grades provides a context for helping students develop content understanding and domain knowledge across a wide range of subject matter. Reading informational text also provides students with the language of thought, foundational vocabulary that can be connected to other words, and technical content…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level
Krashen, Stephen – TESOL Journal, 2011
This report continues the work of Krashen and Brown (2007), developing and evaluating a set of hypotheses for the development of academic proficiency. That article defined academic proficiency as having two components: academic language proficiency and knowledge of academic content.
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Reading Strategies, Recreational Reading, English for Academic Purposes
Peer reviewedBlanton, Linda Lonon – College ESL, 1992
Explores how the developmental needs of college English-as-a-Second-Language students can be met by placing them in a position of authority in relation to their reading texts, through activities that focus on the reader and the transactional nature of reading, which subsequently empower the reader and disempower the text. (CB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Download full textKuehn, Phyllis – 1996
Addressing the problem of the language-related barriers to successful postsecondary education for underprepared college students, an assessment of academic language proficiency and a curriculum to help students improve their academic language skills were developed. The nature of the language tasks required in the undergraduate curriculum was…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Classroom Communication, Curriculum Development, High Schools
