Descriptor
| Error Patterns | 8 |
| Higher Education | 8 |
| Reading Comprehension | 8 |
| Reading Research | 4 |
| Adults | 3 |
| Second Language Instruction | 3 |
| Annotated Bibliographies | 2 |
| Cognitive Processes | 2 |
| College Students | 2 |
| Context Clues | 2 |
| Doctoral Dissertations | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Bruce, Nigel J., Ed. | 1 |
| Carkeet, David | 1 |
| Crewe, William J., Ed. | 1 |
| Dodd, William M. | 1 |
| Hsueh, F. S. | 1 |
| Knafle, June D. | 1 |
| Pintori, Adriana | 1 |
| Wescott, Alice Legenza | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Reference Materials -… | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 2 |
| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Hsueh, F. S. – 1983
Common problems encountered in teaching Chinese that involve classical, intentional malapropisms (learned errors) are discussed. Three aspects unique to Chinese are addressed: (1) since Chinese writing is logographic, some malapropisms occur because of similar graphs; (2) since many expressions come from classical Chinese, and instruction in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Language Usage
Peer reviewedWescott, Alice Legenza; Knafle, June D. – Reading Improvement, 1982
Concludes that there is a predictable error pattern between independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels for both American and English-as-a-second-language adults. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language)
Pintori, Adriana – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1995
The author discusses the preparation of a test of reading comprehension in Italian as a Second Language for Spanish university students and analyzes the results of the test. The article includes the reading passage and the test. (CFM)
Descriptors: College Students, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Italian
Peer reviewedCarkeet, David – Journal of Thought, 1979
The author, a college professor, cites specific instances in which his students misread examination questions. He considers his role in dealing with college students who have such poor reading ability. (SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Students, Editorials, Error Patterns
Dodd, William M. – 1984
A study examined the effect of five types of sentence faults on the method of information processing, recall ability, confidence rating, and comprehensibility rating of college freshman English students. The control text consisted of five passages and the accompanying comprehension questions exactly as they appear on the multiple choice Georgia…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Download full textBruce, Nigel J., Ed.; Crewe, William J., Ed. – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1989
Papers on linguistics and language teaching in this volume are the following: "The Revision Process in Academic Writing: From Pen and Paper to Word Processor" (Stephen Chadwick, Nigel Bruce); "Sentence Sequence and Coherence: In Search of Readers' Problems in Academic Discourse" (Desmond Allison); "Plural Marking in Hong Kong English" (Carol…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Case Studies, Code Switching (Language), Coherence
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: effects of methods of study, cognitive style, pre-information on the construction of written material, gender of generic pronouns, and study questions interspersed…
Descriptors: Adults, Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Art Expression
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: use of word information cues by beginning readers; the relationship between problem solving and oral reading strategies; the ease with which children learn…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo
