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Writing Dollars into Sense: Simplifying Financial Aid for L2 Students
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Taylor, Z. W. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2019
Research suggests that L2 students (English-language learners) do not access postsecondary education as the same level as L1 (native English-speaking) peers. Using a computational linguistics approach, this study analyzes financial aid application instructions from 341 randomly selected four-year, Title IV-participating U.S. institutions. Results…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Second Language Learning, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Perceptions of Extensive Reading Practitioners in Four Asian Countries
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Rob Waring; Mintra Puripunyavanich – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2025
This study reports the perceptions and understanding of extensive reading (ER) of 259 ER practitioners in Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, and Vietnam. The majority of participants understood the core principles of ER, namely (a) the fluent reading of (b) a lot of (c) easy texts. However, about 25% of the participants in Thailand, Mongolia, and Vietnam…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Materials, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Teachers
On Hierarchies of Reading Skills and Text Types.
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Lee, James F.; Musumeci, Diane – Modern Language Journal, 1988
Tests empirically the model of second-language reading proficiency promoted by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Reader developmental levels are not consistent with the ACTFL hierarchy of text types and reading skills. Graphs compare hypothesized and obtainable results. (LMO)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Italian, Language Proficiency
Coping with Newspaper Syntax: Reading Strategies for L1 and L2 Learners.
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Hoekje, Barbara – 1983
Both sentence length and sentence complexity of various kinds of newspaper prose were examined in a study to determine (1) ways newspaper prose differs from the prose of books native English speaking students chose to read and enjoy reading and (2) whether there are features of newspaper prose other than vocabulary and a lack of international news…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Problems in Language Use and Comprehension = Kielen Kayttamisenja Ymmartamisen Ongelmia. AFinLA Yearbook 1988. No. 46.
Laurinen, Leena, Ed.; Kauppinen, Anneli, Ed. – 1988
Ten papers from the 1988 Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics (AFinLA) Symposium are presented in this collection. All but two of the papers are in Finnish. Papers and authors are as follows: "Learning to Read: Process and Problems in Acquisition" (E. Bialystok--in English); "When Experts Write for Students: Familiar Concepts in Weird Texts"…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Finnish
A Texture Index: Measuring Texture in Discourse.
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Roseberry, Robert L. – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Devises and validates an index of texture to be used to accurately analyze texts of developing writers as an aid in improving readability. An index reflecting conjunction, conjunctive reach, specificity, connectivity, topic, and topic shift was created. Results were a perfect correlation in rankings produced by the index and judges. (32…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students, Correlation, Discourse Analysis
A New Reading. Perspective: A New Freedom. ACTFL Review of Foreign Language Education, Vol. 7.
King, Janet K.; And Others – 1975
The growing emphasis on reading in the foreign language classroom is examined from the standpoint of learning theory, learning strategies, and classroom practice. The reading process in the native language, the origin and application of new learning strategies in foreign language reading, and modifications and revisions in teaching practices are…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar