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Peer reviewedLeow, Ronald P. – Applied Language Learning, 1997
Investigated the effects of written input enhancement and text length on college students' second-language comprehension and intake. First-year Spanish students were exposed to one of four conditions with enhanced and non-enhanced short and long text. Exposing students to short authentic reading materials facilitated reading comprehension but not…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Higher Education, Linguistic Input
Peer reviewedDupuy, Beatrice C. – Applied Language Learning, 1997
Surveyed 49 intermediate-level French-as-a-Foreign-Language college students to determine whether they preferred extensive reading or grammar instruction for language acquisition and practice, and why. Students overwhelmingly preferred reading as more pleasurable and more beneficial for language acquisition. They considered grammar instruction…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, French, Grammar
