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Thibeault, Joël; Matheson, Ian A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2020
This study explores the cross-linguistic reading strategies that 16 Grade 3-4 French immersion pupils schooled in Saskatchewan used while reading two types of dual-language children's books: translated and integrated. In the first type, the same text appears in both French and English, whereas in the second one, English and French are integrated…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Transfer of Training, Reading Strategies, Grade 3
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Tragant, Elsa; Muñoz, Carmen; Spada, Nina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2016
This study reports on a year-long intervention based on comprehension practice of input-rich materials. It was inspired by an innovative program in Canada in which primary school francophone children learned English as a second language (ESL) through simultaneous reading and listening. In our study the participants are a class of 10- to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Foreign Countries, Children, English (Second Language)
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Figueras, Neus; Kaftandjieva, Felianka; Takala, Sauli – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2013
The article addresses some problems and options in setting standards on language tests and examinations. More specifically, it reports on a set of three workshops conducted in the European context where standard setting in language education typically concerns linking tests and examinations to the Council of Europe's "Common European…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Cutting Scores, Academic Standards
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Webb, Stuart; Chang, Anna C-S. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2012
Previous research investigating the effects of unassisted and assisted repeated reading has primarily focused on how each approach may contribute to improvement in reading comprehension and fluency. Incidental learning of the form and meaning of unknown or partially known words encountered through assisted and unassisted repeated reading has yet…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Novices
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Webb, Stuart A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2009
This study investigates the effects of pre-learning vocabulary on reading comprehension and writing. Japanese students studying English as a foreign language (EFL) learned word pairs receptively and productively; four tests were used to measure reading comprehension, writing, and receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge. The findings suggest…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Writing Skills, Foreign Countries
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Toohey, Kelleen – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
This article explores definitions of reading comprehension, research on how reading comprehension is assessed, and issues in assessing the reading comprehension of English language learners (ELLs). By way of illustration, I present aspects of the literacy practices of an intermediate-grade ELL in a suburban school of the Lower Mainland of British…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Reading Comprehension, Written Language, Second Language Learning
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Nation, I. S. P. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2006
This article has two goals: to report on the trialling of fourteen 1,000 word-family lists made from the British National Corpus, and to use these lists to see what vocabulary size is needed for unassisted comprehension of written and spoken English. The trialling showed that the lists were properly sequenced and there were no glaring omissions…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Databases, Computational Linguistics, Reading Comprehension
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MacLean, Margaret; d'Anglejan, Alison – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1986
Reports a study which investigated the use of rational cloze procedure in conjunction with retrospection or introspection assessment techniques to examine how individuals understand text in both first and second languages, especially the use of contextual constraints. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, English, French
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Wright, Wendy A. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1970
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Skills, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension
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Ruprecht, Alvina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1982
Several pedagogical approaches are described that aid at in-depth understanding of the journalistic text by examining the way the journalist's discourse functions. By demystifying the discourse, the instructor makes the learner aware of the mechanisms of manipulation and orientation at the journalist's disposal. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Language Patterns, Language Skills, Language Usage
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Lightbown, Patsy M.; Halter, Randall H.; White, Joanna L.; Horst, Marlise – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2002
Reports a study of children in a comprehension-based English-as-a-Second-Language program. After 6 years students performed as well as comparison students on measures of comprehension and measures of oral production. Describes gaps in the written language of students in the comprehension-based program, includes a follow-up study with secondary…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Oral Language
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Lowe, Anne S. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
An experiment in a grade 2 French immersion program compared performance of a group-taught music lessons totally integrated into classroom instruction and a group not given music instruction. Pre- and post-tests of tonal-rhythmic patterns and form that have commonalities with pronunciation, oral grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension found…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, French, Grade 2, Grammar
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Bertin, Claudine – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1988
A discussion of the use of reading strategies in second language reading comprehension draws on research and theory in reading and in second language learning, and suggests classroom exercises for activating a variety of global strategies. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Reading Comprehension
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Nahir, Moshe – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Presents an outline of a progression plan for university language courses, combining features of various methods of language teaching. (AM)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Dialogs (Language), Grammar, Hebrew
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Donin, Janet; Graves, Barbara; Goyette, Els – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2004
The results of a within-subject cross-language study of text comprehension in adult second language (L2) learners are presented. Text comprehension and sentence reading time measures were obtained for matched narrative and procedural texts in English and French from adult learners of French as a second language (FSL) at two levels of French…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, French, Adult Students, Reading Comprehension
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