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Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Discusses reading as a culturally conditioned and situationally sensitive activity. (FL)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Linguistics, Reading Research, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedNelson, T. M.; Ladan, C. J. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1977
Reports on a study investigating the contributions of visual factors dependent upon the use of symbols as intermediary units and concludes that perceptual factors may play an important role in the use of Chinese characters as intermediaries in introducing reading. (JM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Ideography
Download full textSiegel, Marjorie – 1983
To explore how readers create textual meanings or interpretations from written materials, a study that investigated reading from a semiotic perspective was conducted. The study's design was based on the principle of prior ethnography and employed data collection techniques common to field studies: participant/intervention and interviewing.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Enrichment, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography
