Using a Hierarchical Model to Teach Academic Reading to Advanced ESL Students: How to Make a Long Story Short.

Blanton, Linda Lonon

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Publication Date: 1984

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Using a Hierarchical Model to Teach Academic Reading to Advanced ESL Students: How to Make a Long Story Short.

Blanton, Linda Lonon

ESP Journal, v3 n1 p37-46 1984

Posits the premise that academic written discourse in English is conceptually hierarchical and illustrates this by contrasting hierarchism as a linguistic concept to the concept of linearity. Presents a sample lesson (Hierarchical Model) based on this premise and discusses the advantages of teaching reading through this model. (SED)

Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Higher Education, Reading Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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