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Peer reviewedLally, Carolyn – Reading Improvement, 1998
Compares the use of the third person direct object pronoun by native English-speaking students to use by 10 third-semester second-language (French) students. Suggests several instructional techniques. Examines the inconsistencies between first and second language reading ability to highlight the need for a sharing of information between the two…
Descriptors: English, French, Native Speakers, Pronouns
Peer reviewedWhite, Howard; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1987
Finds that college freshmen's opinions on vocabulary acquisition agree with the results of recent research, which states that free reading is the most efficient and effective means of acquiring vocabulary in a first language. Results contrast with a study of university foreign language students, most of whom did not value reading as a means of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Independent Reading, Language Arts
