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Perez, Cesar Morales – GLOSA, 1991
This article outlines strategies for the inferring of English scientific terms by Spanish speakers. The article considers factors affecting the process of inference, the use of context morphology, and word origin in inferring word meaning. (SR)
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inferences
Peer reviewedPino-Silva, Juan – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1993
Describes a self-instruction procedure designed to provide students of science and technology at the tertiary level with a basic vocabulary in a foreign language of around 1,000 items. The technique represents an efficient method for bridging the gap between the vocabulary that beginning L2 students possess and that required to read L2 scientific…
Descriptors: College Students, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
