Improved Reading Performance for ESL Students through Academic Course Pairing.

Kasper, Loretta F.

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ERIC Number: EJ480987

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Publication Date: 1994

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Improved Reading Performance for ESL Students through Academic Course Pairing.

Kasper, Loretta F.

Journal of Reading, v37 n5 p376-84 Feb 1994

Describes a study which shows that pairing content and English classes has immediate benefits for students of English as a Second Language. Suggests that content and language learning reinforce each other. Shows that such a pairing helped ESL community college students compete with native speakers in a psychology course. (SR)

Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Educational Cooperation, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Research

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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