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Direct linkAriew, Robert; Ercetin, Gulcan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2004
This study explores whether different types of hypermedia annotations facilitate reading comprehension for intermediate and advanced ESL learners. Data was collected from 84 intermediate and advanced level adult ESL learners using a tracking tool that recorded the amount of time readers spent on a given annotation. An expository text was annotated…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Hypermedia, English (Second Language)
Cook, Anne E.; Gueraud, Sabine – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
In recent years, memory-based and explanation-based theories have dominated the discourse processing literature. Numerous studies have been conducted to show support for each of the two views. Most of these studies have manipulated factors in the episodic memory trace of texts, without a great deal of focus on how general world knowledge impacts…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Memory, Language Processing, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedBeck, Isabel L.; McKeown, Margaret G. – Teaching and Change, 1999
Explains the relevance of reading-comprehension research for classroom teachers, discussing how knowledge of the world and active engagement with ideas in the text influence comprehension and looking at how to develop both these capabilities. Four sections discuss the power of background knowledge, reading aloud and discussing literature with…
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Independent Reading
