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Zipoli, Richard P., Jr. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2017
The ability to understand sentences contributes to students' reading comprehension. However, many reading programs tend to underemphasize explicit instruction aimed at enhancing students' knowledge of sentence structures. Children with language impairments, students with learning disabilities, and English language learners may particularly benefit…
Descriptors: Sentences, Reading Comprehension, Reading Programs, Sentence Structure
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Rohde, H.; Levy, R.; Kehler, A. – Cognition, 2011
We show that comprehenders' expectations about upcoming discourse coherence relations influence the resolution of local structural ambiguity. We employ cases in which two clauses share both a syntactic relationship and a discourse relationship, and hence in which syntactic and discourse processing might be expected to interact. An off-line…
Descriptors: Cues, Rhetoric, Form Classes (Languages), Figurative Language
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Foucambert, Denis; Baille, Jacques – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
In light of the numerous studies on the detection of target letters among adults, it is generally accepted that the missing-letter effect depends both on a given word's frequency in its language and on its role (function vs. content) in a sentence. Following a presentation of several models explaining these observations we analyze the results of a…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Sentence Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Word Recognition
TECFORS, 1982
Numbers 1 through 5 of the 1982 TECFORS newsletter include these articles: "A Comprehensive ESL Reading Program" (Carol Qazi); "The Purpose of the Passive" (Virginia French Allen); "'Standards' Seconded" (Timothy H. Robinson); "Vocabulary and the College-Bound International Student" (Parts 1-3) (Kerry Segel); "Using Invention Heuristics to Teach…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, College Bound Students, English (Second Language)
Lovett, Ollie M. – 1984
Written to prepare the American Indian student entering a General Educational Development (GED) program, the Pre-GED Level I writing skills student workbook of the PATHWAYS Curriculum provides lessons that will teach skills needed to pass the reading and writing sections of the GED examination, along with writing skills for seeking employment. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature
Lovett, Ollie M. – 1984
Utilizing Southwestern Indian myths, legends, poems, history, and information on religious beliefs, architecture, fine arts, music, dance, and social practices, the Pre-GED (General Educational Development) Level II writing skills workbook, part of the PATHWAYS Curriculum, provides a culture-based GED preparatory reading and writing curriculum for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature
Lovett, Ollie M. – 1984
Emphasizing student-generated writing, the Pre-GED (General Educational Development) Level III writing skills workbook utilizes southwestern Indian myths, legends, poems, history, and information on religious beliefs, architecture, fine arts, music, dance, and social practices to provide a culture-based GED preparatory reading and writing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature
Lovett, Ollie M. – 1984
The teacher's guide accompanying the Pre-GED (General Educational Development) Level I writing skills student workbook of the PATHWAYS Curriculum deals with: (1) correct usage of the parts of speech, (2) sentence structure; (3) paragraph development; and (4) correct usage of punctuation and capitalization. The guide provides for each lesson in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature
Lovett, Ollie M. – 1984
The teacher's guide for the Pre-GED (General Educational Development) Level II writing skills student workbook of the PATHWAYS Curriculum provides a concise explanation of each skill presented in the 45 lessons, suggested teaching strategies, answers to the exercises, and a list of available commercial materials that may be used to supplement the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature