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Direct linkZipke, Marcy; Ehri, Linnea C.; Cairns, Helen Smith – Reading Research Quarterly, 2009
An experiment examined whether metalinguistic awareness involving the detection of semantic ambiguity can be taught, and whether this instruction improves students' reading comprehension. Lower SES third graders from a variety of cultural backgrounds (M = 8 yr. 7 mo., N = 46) were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. Those receiving…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Metalinguistics, Semantics
Peer reviewedBromley, Karen D'Angelo – Reading Teacher, 1984
Looks at research and practice in the area of idioms and offers suggestions for teaching them effectively. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Figurative Language, Idioms
