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Direct linkLuijkx, Antoinette; Gerritsen, Marinel; van Mulken, Margot – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2020
Two studies investigated the effects of errors in German business letters written by Dutch students. Gaining insight into these effects is important since Germany and the Netherlands are one of the largest economically interdependent partnerships. One hundred and fifty-six German professionals rated letters with errors and letters without errors…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Business Communication, Letters (Correspondence), Error Patterns
Dreher, Mariam Jean; Gray, Jennifer Letcher – Reading Teacher, 2009
In this article, we describe how to help primary-grade English language learners use compare-contrast text structures. Specifically, we explain (a) how to teach students to identify the compare-contrast text structure, and to use this structure to support their comprehension, (b) how to use compare-contrast texts to activate and extend students'…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Maun, Ian – Language Awareness, 2006
This paper examines visual and affective factors involved in the reading of foreign language texts. It draws on the results of a pilot study among students of post-compulsory school stage studying French in England. Through a detailed analysis of students' reactions to texts, it demonstrates that the use of "authentic" documents under…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reader Response, Foreign Language Books, Reading
Peer reviewedLubelska, Diana – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1991
Sample materials designed to enable advanced learners to read more effectively for academic purposes are presented that focus learners' attention on the role of various cohesive devices in relating parts of a text. Discovery exercises applied to an authentic text show learners ways the devices can help them understand the text. (13 references)…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Cohesion (Written Composition), Instructional Materials, Reader Text Relationship
