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Peer reviewedBensoussan, Marsha – Journal of Research in Reading, 1990
Investigates the usefulness of using grammatical cohesion to evaluate the macro- or discourse-level, and the micro-level reading comprehension of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students. Finds a relationship between anaphora and coherence that contributes to reading difficulty. (MG)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedGoldman, Susan R.; Murray, John D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
In 3 experiments, a total of 48 native English speaking and 55 English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) college students chose alternatives to replace missing logical connectors in expository passages. Differences in meaning and use of the four connector types and implications for improving ESL programing are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students, English (Second Language), Expository Writing
