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Wilson, Robert D. – 1980
Noting that while the language experience approach to reading instruction assumes that the learner is intuitively familiar with the language and that this familiarity facilitates recognition of the language on the printed page, this paper argues that students learning to read in a second language do not have the same degree of intuitive…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), English (Second Language), Language Experience Approach

Esling, John; Downing, John – TESL Canada Journal, 1986
Examination of cognitive prerequisites for the acquisition of reading skills identified two kinds of conceptual representations of language activities--functional and technical concepts. English-as-a-second-language students can transfer these concepts to second-language literacy, but attention must be given to orthographic coding principles of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Language Experience Approach, Orthographic Symbols
Crawford, Leslie W. – 1982
In learning to read a nonnative language, the learner's ability to achieve meaning is hampered if adequate preparation or readiness for reading is neglected. A review of the literature pertaining to second language learning and reading in a second language has identified five principles that appear to be significant in providing effective reading…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Literacy Council of Alaska, Fairbanks. – 1984
This manual addresses a variety of issues in the recruitment and training of volunteer English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers. Sections on general topics focus on: recruiting tutors, recruiting students, determining when and where to train volunteers, developing the training workshop agenda, evaluating the workshop, introducing the training…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Education, Diagnostic Tests